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bobtail
[ bob-teyl ]
adjective
- Also bobtailed. having a bobtail.
- cut short; docked; cropped.
- shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated:
Several legislative items must be dropped from the current bobtail session of Congress.
verb (used with object)
- to cut short the tail tails of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse's tail to make it stand erect.
bobtail
/ ˈbɒbˌteɪl /
noun
- a docked or diminutive tail
- an animal with such a tail
adjective
- having the tail cut short
verb
- to dock the tail of
- to cut short; curtail
Word History and Origins
Origin of bobtail1
Example Sentences
Looking at animals like the bobtail squid, which have immune systems not totally unlike humans, is the first step.
The news only reached his lordship yesterday at noon, while at breakfast with his Excellency Lord Bobtail, our ambassador.
And he laughed as he doffed his bobtail coat, And the echoing folds of the carpet smote.
He received a reply at Providence, and he read it and felt like a gambler who has drawn a card to fill his bobtail hand.
There are about twenty American organizations here—big, little, rag-tag, and bobtail.
Harry'd never go to any of those other big strikes—the Bobtail, or the one in Russell Gulch, or a lot more.
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