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- noun Plural form of
hoof . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hoof .
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Examples
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The sound of barking cows and thundering hoofs is the last thing you want to hear.
Modern Tactics for Hunting Elk E. Donnall Thomas Jr. 2005
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And I could tell even now, where there was a sunny bank, and where a group of sun-touched trees; the ring of our horses 'hoofs is in my ear with a thought; and I could almost paint from memory the first view of the camp we went to see.
Daisy in the Field 1869
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The oath by the ass’s hoofs is to ridicule the Jew.
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At the top there was a pen-and-ink sketch of a horse with a tail of the shape of a pipe and an endless neck, and below his hoofs were the following words, written in an old - fashioned hand:
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He talked of the wisdom of his own nation, and told her all about the fits they were so subject to, and how they cured themselves by rubbing their ears with their hind feet, till the blood came, and how their hoofs were a medicine to drive away all kinds of falling sickness, except that occasioned by drinking the strong water that is made of women's tongues and warriors 'hearts [A].
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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At the top there was a pen-and-ink sketch of a horse with a tail of the shape of a pipe and an endless neck, and below his hoofs were the following words, written in an old - fashioned hand:
A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850
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Having said this, if a WA or DP type hunter with more then a few "hoofs" under there belt suggests a certain caliber or bullet for game animal I'm gonna listen to them as giving me saged advice!
.270 or 25-06 2009
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Having said this, if a WA or DP type hunter with more then a few "hoofs" under there belt suggests a certain caliber or bullet for game animal I'm gonna listen to them as giving me saged advice!
.270 or 25-06 2009
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Broncos and buffaloes both have hoofs, so maybe we're talking about the curse of Hoofie.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Buffs, Broncos Hoofin' It in Hell Michael Conniff 2011
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Broncos and buffaloes both have hoofs, so maybe we're talking about the curse of Hoofie.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Buffs, Broncos Hoofin' It in Hell Michael Conniff 2011
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