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Synonyms for cayuse


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahy-yoos, kahy-oos
Phonetic Transcription : kaɪˈyus, ˈkaɪ us



Définition of cayuse

Origin :
  • "horse, Indian pony," 1841, American English, said to be a Chinook (native Pacific Northwest) word; also the name of an Indian group and language (1825), of unknown origin.
  • As in pony : noun horse
Example sentences :
  • Lucky the cayuse who happens to be the right size for his harness.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • You wish to know the name of the man who Union-Jacked your cayuse?
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • Powder Face is woman broke, an' gentle as any cayuse can get.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • Not much on looks, Bill, but a cayuse don't cover ground on his looks.
  • Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick
  • My horse, I knew, could outrace any cayuse of the Sioux band.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
  • They got the Judge, ‘Brand’—they run him off, with my cayuse!
  • Extract from : « 'Firebrand' Trevison » by Charles Alden Seltzer
  • I'll bet they gave him a cayuse an' started him off while we've been losing time in here.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various
  • Fortunately, the horse was a Cayuse and used to that kind of work.
  • Extract from : « The Gold Trail » by Harold Bindloss
  • In that fierce and proud regard was something the Cayuse could not fathom.
  • Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch
  • The competition was close, but Snoqualmie the Cayuse won the day.
  • Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch

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