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Examples
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Just as he cleared the prairiedog town, Call felt something nudge his arm and looked down to see an arrow sticking in his left arm, just above the elbow.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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The next summer one of his plow horses broke its leg in a prairiedog hole and had to be shot.
O Pioneers! Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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I am at a loss to imagine what it is in the habits or looks of the prairiedog that entitles him to that appellation.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE 1841
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