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bob-tail
bob-tail [f. bob n.1 + tail.] A. Properly two words (ˈbɒb ˈteɪl): The tail (of a horse) cut short.[Must be earlier than 1577: when the vb. occurs.] 1667 Lond. Gaz. No. 211/4 A fine light Bay Stone-horse..with his Mayne shorn, and a bob tail. 1720 Ibid. No. 5818/4 A brown Nag..with a Bob Tail. B. att... Oxford English Dictionary
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Natural Bob-Tails - Australian Shepherd Health & Genetics Institute
The 2009-10 ASHGI health survey data indicated that about 47% of NBT Aussies have tails are quarter-length or longer and 10% of them had kinked tails. The gene known to cause bob-tail has been found in Aussies. It is an incomplete dominant, like merle. Puppies that inherit two copies die early and are reabsorbed, resulting in reduced litter size.
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Bobber (motorcycle)
The typical construction includes removing the front fender, shortening the rear fender, which is "bobbed" (as in bob-tail), and stripping excess bodywork wikipedia.org
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bobtail
bobtail, v. (bɒbteɪl) [f. prec.] trans. To dock the tail of; fig. to cut short, shorten, curtail.1577 Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. in Holinshed VI. 28 A noble man, having a surpassing good horse..did bobtaile him, least anie of his friends..should craue him. a 1680 Butler Rem. (1759) II. 168 He is very j... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cooper T39
History of the 'Bob-tail' sportscar Cooper's own route into Formula One was somewhat unorthodox. The chopped-off look of the car's tail gained the new T39 sportscar the nicknames "Manx" and "bob-tail". wikipedia.org
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bobby
▪ I. bobby, n. (ˈbɒbɪ) 1. (With capital initial.) Pet form of Bob, familiar perversion of Robert. 2. [Hence probably in allusion to the name of Mr. (afterwards Sir) Robert Peel, who was Home Secretary when the new Metropolitan Police Act was passed in 1828.] A slang nickname for a policeman. See als... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cherry Avenue Bridge
Z-2) is an asymmetric bob-tail swing bridge in Chicago, Illinois that carries the Chicago Terminal Railroad, pedestrians, and cyclists across the North Structure The bridge is one of two bob-tail swing bridges constructed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. wikipedia.org
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shag-rag
ˈshag-rag, a. and n. Now rare or Obs. exc. dial. [A jingling alteration of shake-rag. Cf. shag n.4, shack-rag, shab-rag, shag-bag.] A. adj. Of a person: Ragged, rascally.c 1590 Marlowe Jew of Malta iv. 1913 To haue a shag⁓rag knaue to come [etc.]. 1615 Band, Ruffe & Cuffe (Halliw.) 9 A scurvie shag-... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cynthia Harnett
Stokes To Be A Farmer's Boy (Blackie & Son, 1940) Mudlarks (Collins, 1940) Mountaineers (Collins, 1941) Ducks and Drakes (Collins, 1942) The Bob-Tail wikipedia.org
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rag-tag
rag-tag, n. (a.) (ˈrægtæg) [f. rag n.1 + tag. The older expression was tag and rag (very common in 16–17th c.).] A. n. 1. a. collect. The ragged disreputable portion of the community; the raff or rabble. b. One of the individuals forming this class.1879 Marg. Lonsdale Sister Dora viii. (1880) 199 Sh... Oxford English Dictionary
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Owen Maddock
'Bob-tail' sportscar Cooper's own route into Formula One was somewhat unorthodox. The chopped-off look of the car's tail gained the new T39 sportscar the nicknames "Manx" and "bob-tail". wikipedia.org
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scutty
scutty (ˈskʌtɪ) [? f. scut n.1 + -y.] A name applied locally to the wren (see quots.).1885 Swainson Prov. Names Birds 35 Wren (Troglodytes parvulus)... From its short bob-tail it has the name of..Scutty (Sussex). 1899 Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 355 The wren..is commonly known [in Ireland] by the name of ‘S... Oxford English Dictionary
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Charles Cooper (motor manufacturer)
The Cooper Bristol Formula Two cars had some successes, particularly with Mike Hawthorn at the wheel, and the Cooper Bob-tail sports car was frequently wikipedia.org
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long-tail
ˈlong-tail 1. a. A long-tailed animal, formerly a dog or horse with the tail uncut; spec. a greyhound. Also attrib. cut and long-tail: see cut ppl. a. 9; fig. in the sense ‘riff-raff’ (cf. quot. a 1700 and bob-tail).1575–1699 [see cut ppl. a. 9]. 1602 2nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. iv. i. 1509 He hath ... Oxford English Dictionary
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RAF Thornaby
At one of these meetings Jimmy Blumer was the star, driving the ex-Stirling Moss bob-tail Cooper. wikipedia.org
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