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- verb Present participle of
quirt .
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Examples
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Shots cracked behind me, I heard the deadly swish of an arrow; my pony was stumbling among the loose stones, I jerked my revolver loose and glanced back-Jesus! the leader was a bare fifty yards away, quirting his mustang like fury, with another three strung out behind him.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Once, in Ogallala years before, the Captain had launched himself at a sergeant who was quirting Newt.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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Mox Mox was quirting the boy savagely, whipping him in the face.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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Dixon, intent on his quirting, was the last to see Call, who made no attempt to check the Hell Bitch.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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At first Dixon was mainly quirting his hands, to make him turn loose, but when that was unsuccessful he began to hit Newt wherever he could catch him.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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The kids were so happy to be home that they ran around hugging everything—cowboys, horses, trees—and then they saddled up Blaze and Socks and headed out to open country, quirting their horses into a gallop and whooping like bandits.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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Cowboys who could ride anything caught them and ran them on fear, spurring and quirting them too hard, taking pride in staying on no matter how desperately they bucked and fishtailed.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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Cowboys who could ride anything caught them and ran them on fear, spurring and quirting them too hard, taking pride in staying on no matter how desperately they bucked and fishtailed.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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The kids were so happy to be home that they ran around hugging everything—cowboys, horses, trees—and then they saddled up Blaze and Socks and headed out to open country, quirting their horses into a gallop and whooping like bandits.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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Cowboys who could ride anything caught them and ran them on fear, spurring and quirting them too hard, taking pride in staying on no matter how desperately they bucked and fishtailed.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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