Missouri mule
Missouri mule noun: a type of mule bred in Missouri known for its hardiness and stubbornness.
Noun
Missouri mule (plural Missouri mules)
- A type of mule bred in Missouri known for its hardiness and stubbornness.
- The high quality maintained in Missouri mules is due to the extreme care exercised by the breeders of this class of animals.1904, Missouri. Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Walter Williams (editor), The State of Missouri, An Autobiography, page 121
- And last but not least, the Missouri mule is also known the world over. That patient animal is found wherever civilized man is found, and wherever the soil is scratched the Missouri mule will be found working. He has one remarkable trait, and I hope more of you will cultivate that same trait: The...1910, Journeymen Horseshoers' International Union of the United States and Canada (publisher), International Horseshoers' Monthly Magazine, Volume 11, page 3
Examples of Missouri mule in a sentence
- And last but not least, the Missouri mule is also known the world over.1910, Journeymen Horseshoers' International Union of the United States and Canada (publisher), International Horseshoers' Monthly Magazine...
- The average value of the Missouri mule is $126.75, while the average value of the mule in the country as a whole is only $119.84.1912, George H. Dacy, The Country Gentleman, Volume 77, Issues 1-26, page 4:
- and psychological experts tell him can make this abundant élan vital galvanize rather than blast our society, he kicks like a Missouri mule and refuses to recognize the Bête Humaine.1919, International Journal of Ethics (publisher), International Journal of Ethics, Volume 29, page 190:
- but now, with Missourians winning most of the prizes at the big exhibitions, the term, "Missouri mule" came to have national and even international recognition.1979, Floyd Calvin Shoemaker, Francis Asbury Sampson, State Historical Society of Missouri (contributors), Missouri Historical Review...
Forms of Missouri mule
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Questions about Missouri mule
- What does Missouri mule mean?
- Missouri mule means a type of mule bred in Missouri known for its hardiness and stubbornness.
- How do you use Missouri mule in a sentence?
- And last but not least, the Missouri mule is also known the world over.
- What part of speech is Missouri mule?
- Missouri mule is a noun.
- What is the plural of Missouri mule?
- The plural of Missouri mule is Missouri mules.
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