Spurs
[spɝ]
Examples
- On these occasions he wore his dress uniform, cocked hat, aiguillettes, sabre and spurs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Besides the fortifications on Mission Ridge, there was a line at the base of the hill, with occasional spurs of rifle-pits half-way up the front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And then on the very wound the bright spurs came down, pressing relentlessly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Burnside seeing us, came up on the porch, his big spurs and saber rattling as he walked. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- To follow each of these spurs with intrenchments, so as to command the slopes on either side, would have lengthened their line very much. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No spurs were necessary. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I long for sleeve-buttons; and the Captain's boots with brass spurs, in the next room, corbleu! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Believe, however, that my word, when pledged, is as inviolate as if I wore golden spurs. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- His step too is measured and heavy and would go well with a weighty clash and jingle of spurs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There were two detached spurs of hills or mountains to the north and northwest of the city, which were also fortified. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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