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  • Her father had been the man in charge of the Barony's horse for almost thirty years, and here were his stockline books to prove it.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • And the ranchers-Lengyll, Croydon, Renfrew-were lying about the threaded quality of the stockline.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • The things that really mattered would go on, of course, as they always had and must: the cattle and livestock judging, the horse-pull, the sheep-shearing, the stockline meetings, and the auctions: horse, pig, cow, sheep.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • She took one of her sheets of parchment paper from the top drawer, tore it in half (in Hambry, the only crime greater than wasting paper was wasting threaded stockline), and then wrote quickly, sensing that the slightest hesitation might condemn her to more hours of indecision.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • I he last dozen pages of her da's final stockline book had been torn out.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • Not planning to go to Lengyll, waving your father's stockline book around? "

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

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  • Stockline seems to refer to a list of livestock held by its owner, relating especially to their genealogy and blood lines.

    June 26, 2017