Definitions
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- adjective computing Not
curried . - adjective of a horse or similar creature Not curried;
ungroomed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Brian called the uncurried quadruped a plush horse.
Kenny Leona Dalrymple
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He had a thick grey beard, and was wearing a long rough coat of goatskins that draped over his dark bay flanks, the goat hair blending with his own shaggy uncurried coat.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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Either way, it comes down to folks too wooly and uncurried for office water cooler = 2
America's White Underclass-- When seeing ain't believing, somebody's blind 2009
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He had a thick grey beard, and was wearing a long rough coat of goatskins that draped over his dark bay flanks, the goat hair blending with his own shaggy uncurried coat.
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One of the soldiers (or, Nick decided, they might better be termed "men-at-arms" since their shabby trappings were certainly more akin to that time labeled "Middle Ages" than his own) went behind a screen of bushes to return leading a heavy-footed, uncurried horse, its ribs too plain beneath its hide, and a mule with one lop ear.
Here Abide Monsters Norton, Andre 1973
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He walked to her head, sliding his hand along the rough, uncurried belly and talking to her in Spanish.
The Blood of the Conquerors Harvey Fergusson
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When she stood on the ground beside him, stroking his shaggy, uncurried flanks or feeding him bits of sugar, she felt not the slightest fear.
Missy Dana Gatlin
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While no excuse can be given for the slovenly and ungainly riding, rusty sabres, and dirty accoutrements, raw-boned and uncurried horses that had too often made many of our cavalry regiments appear like a body of Sancho
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong
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It got to be a hobby with him finally, so that he growed superstitious about goin 'uncurried, and would back into a corner with both guns drawed if a barber came near him.
The Spoilers Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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If he used a strong word, or a simile uncurried, it was then.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885
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