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- noun Plural form of
estray .
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Examples
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Laws that protects wild herds do not apply to "estrays," or feral domestic horses and their offspring.
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Laws that protects wild herds do not apply to "estrays," or feral domestic horses and their offspring.
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Laws that protects wild herds do not apply to "estrays," or feral domestic horses and their offspring.
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The 1971 law that protects established herds of free - roaming mustangs do not apply to "estrays," or feral domestic horses and their offspring.
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It is the plaint of tortured souls, for in it is invested the heritage of the North, the suffering of countless generations -- the warning and the requiem to the world's estrays.
The Wife of a King 2010
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It is the plaint of tortured souls, for in it is invested the heritage of the North, the suffering of countless generations -- the warning and the requiem to the world's estrays.
The Wife of a King 2010
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Yet these were estrays from the fiery army which has given our generals so much trouble, -- "Secesh prisoners," as a by-stander told us.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
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The utmost complication which can occur in his business is a stampede; and few of our Eastern farmers 'boys would hesitate to exchange their scythes, hay-cutters, corn-shellers, and mash-tubs for the saddle of his spirited Indian pony and his three days' hunt after estrays.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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The following estrays are perhaps worth the capture; they profess to date back to the reign of Queen Mary, and are styled, "Some Forms of Prayer used by the vulgar Papists."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various
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Another mode of securing stock was the following: A great many estrays would be taken up and advertised.
The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries John N. Reynolds
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