Sentence example with the word 'turnspit'

turnspit

Definition n. a roasting spit that can be turned

Last update: July 13, 2015


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The dog was of many varieties as early as the XIIth Dynasty, when the greyhound and turnspit and other well-marked forms are seen.   [Please select]

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The following occurrence at the Jesuit's College at Flêche, shows that others of the species have kept the turnspit to this disagreeable duty.   [Please select]

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Soon after, however, the refractory dog entered the kitchen, driving before him the truant turnspit, which immediately, of its own accord, went into the wheel.   [Please select]

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Speak up, you old turnspit," he shouted to Maître Menard."   [Please select]

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We must, however, make an exception for the turnspit dog, in which the superior border equals three-fourths of that length.   [Please select]

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Sample, in Northumberland, which performed the duty of a turnspit as well, in all respects, as the dog of that denomination.   [Please select]

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