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Into their midst he went and a good horse was picked out and lariated in the twinkling of an eye and quickly hoppled and turned loose.
Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood Prentiss Ingraham
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I was on my feet with the dawn, but my mule was nowhere to be seen, though I had hoppled her well with my bridle reins.
A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
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So we side-lined and hoppled, we belled and we staked,
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"Now this circus is only a little more than two miles off," said he, "and here I am cooped up like a hoppled horse."
Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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When it began to grow light he looked down, and there were the three narts, who, having hoppled their horses and turned them out to graze, were themselves resting under the tree.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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"I've got to have him," said Billy, as he returned to his hoppled prizes and began to drive them toward the fort.
Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood Prentiss Ingraham
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And then the horses were immediately hoppled, four feet tied together, and turned out of camp and a guard placed beyond them, to keep them from straying too far or drive them in if attacked.
Autobiography of John Ball - Across the Plains to Oregon, 1832 1925
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Then each man would bring in the horses he had charge of, keep them still hoppled and tie them to short stakes carried with us, driven close into the ground, giving each one as much room as could be without interfering with others, so that they could feed also during the night.
Autobiography of John Ball - Across the Plains to Oregon, 1832 1925
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Our guides horse strayed, though hoppled, in the night, and after searching some time for him his footsteps were discovered in the path going back, whereupon my kind companion went off in the rain, and after about seven hours returned with him.
VIII. 1761, 1762 1909
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The horses, after two hours 'grazing, were led into the timber and hoppled.
To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days Charles King 1888
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