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Dan claimed recognition for the Mego "houn '" pups, especially Judge, and the Woman, with some hesitation, spoke of McMillan; but Allan gave valid reasons why they were not eligible.

Baldy of Nome Esther Birdsall Darling

Nobody but a bunch o 'roughnecks an' houn's -- 'poligisin' tuh yuh, Juno, fer callin 'them critters houn's.

The Return of Blue Pete Luke Allan

It sounded, for all the world, like "Shehens 'houn' dogs" with their prophetic howl.

Shehens` Houn` Dogs 1907

"When he's a no-'count varmint," said the woman, "without any especial warmth, a-traipsin 'along of scalawags and moonshiners and a-layin' on his back pizen 'ith co'n whiskey, and a-pesterin' folks with a pack o 'hungry, triflin' houn's to feed!"

Whirligigs O. Henry 1886

_ So I do sometimes -- and mair o 'ye than me, I jalouse; but I was gaun to ask ye if ye could imagine the delicht o' a fox gettin 'into an undiggable earth, just when the leadin' houn 'was at his hainches?

Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. Adam White 1848

What's poor Phil done dat you're all a-huntin 'him like a pack o' houn's? "

Dialect Tales 1883

Good lord, after the hatchet job that had everyone houn [...]

2004 January | Evil Genius Chronicles 2004

What are yu shevering about, ultramontane, like a houn?

Finnegans Wake 2006

Cal-houn had apparently just cracked a joke, and several of the assembled officers guffawed-pointedly, Bill Ross was not among those laughing.

Demons Of Air And Darkness DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2001

Some, of course, had more of a reputation than others, and Cal-houn's was fairly bizarre.

Demons Of Air And Darkness DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2001