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- adjective Alternative spelling of
balky .
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Examples
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''A little' and 'suppose' are not urgent encouragement to a baulky mare, 'she said, but there was a smile tucked into the severity of her lips.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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A whiff of old gloves still brings that odor back to me, out of childhood, stirring memories of little garments worn long ago, of a great blue cape that was a pride to my father's heart and a wound to my mother's pride, -- but most of all of lost temper and incipient profanity caused by the baulky drawer.
Penguin Persons & Peppermints Walter Prichard Eaton 1917
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He was very kind to us and offered much assistance, as our horse was baulky and often refused to pull.
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When you have them ready to start, stand before them, and, as you seldom have but one baulky horse in a team, get as near in front of him as you can, and, if he is too fast for the other horse, let his nose come against your breast: this will keep him steady, for he will go slow rather than run on you.
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Walk them about together for some time as slowly and lazily as possible; stop often, and go up to your baulky horse and gentle him.
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There is a quicker process that will generally start a baulky horse, but not so sure.
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If you want to save fuel, you are better off with the diesel, which only comes with a serviceable six-speed manual transmission that requires a firm hand on its baulky shift.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andrew English 2012
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The rear looks baulky and the front is a mess of lines and after thoughts.
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