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Longhorn   /lˈɔŋhˌɔrn/   Listen
Longhorn

noun
1.
Long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States.  Synonym: Texas longhorn.






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"Longhorn" Quotes from Famous Books



... Niza by Jose Cisneros, from The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza by Cleve Hallenbeck Horse by Gutzon Borglum, from Mustangs and Cow Horses Praxiteles Swan, fighting chaplain, by John W. Thomason, from his Lone Star Preacher Horse's Head by William R. Leigh, from The Western Pony Longhorn by Tom Lea, from The Longhorns by J. Frank Dobie Cowboy and Steer by Tom Lea, from The Longhorns by J. Frank Dobie Illustration by Charles M. Russell, from The Virginian by Owen Wister (1916 edition) Mustangs by Charles ...
— Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest • J. Frank Dobie

... her not used to bein' spoke and acted polite to that got her goat. Mebby she smelt somethin' sarcastic. I dunno. Anyhow, she was a longhorn with a bad eye. 'Go ...
— Overland Red - A Romance of the Moonstone Canon Trail • Henry Herbert Knibbs

... find anything of him—he got hurt in the wreck," the master grinned. He couldn't see the body, for a black longhorn had fallen upon his victim, it appeared. Anyhow, the cattle were milling desperately around in the pen; the stranger who said his name was Milt Rogers would be a lacerated lump of flesh in that mad stampede long ere the fire reached ...
— O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 • Various

... be no choice in the matter. One could take his pick of saloons, for nothing else was open at this hour. The sign over the largest read, "The Longhorn Palace." ...
— Kid Wolf of Texas - A Western Story • Ward M. Stevens



Words linked to "Longhorn" :   Texas longhorn, beef, beef cattle



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