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Examples
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"beltie" (Belted Galloway) and a pair of heritage-breed Murray Greys.
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I had so far been an unobserved spectator; but my sympathies were with the beltie, and, thinking it high time to interfere, I jumped into the water.
Auld Licht Idylls 1898
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A weasel had gripped a water-hen (whit-rit and beltie they are called in these parts) cowering at the root of the rose-bush, and was being dragged down the bank by the terrified bird, which made for the water as its only chance of escape.
Auld Licht Idylls 1898
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A weasel had gripped a water-hen (whit-tit and beltie they are called In these parts) cowering at the root of the rose-bush, and was being dragged down the bank by the terrified bird, which made for the water as its only chance of escape.
Auld Licht Idyls 1898
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I had so far been an unobserved spectator; but my sympathies were with the beltie, and, thinking it high time to interfere, I jumped into the water.
Auld Licht Idyls 1898
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