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
- 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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