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hurdle 1. a. Athletics one of a number of light barriers over which runners leap in certain events b. a low barrier used in certain horse races 2. Brit a sledge on which criminals were dragged to their executions |
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| " returned the man, with a relish; "he'll be drawn on a hurdle to be half hanged, and then he'll be taken down and sliced before his own face, and then his inside will be taken out and burnt while he looks on, and then his head will be chopped off, and he'll be cut into quarters. They tried to get him along, but couldn't; so they chartered a hurdle and two men to carry him. and on she went, and cleared the last hurdle solitary and alone, the army letting loose the grand yell, and she skipped from the horse the same as if he had been standing still, and made her bow, and everybody crowded around to congratulate, and they gave her the bugle, and she put it to her lips and blew 'boots and saddles' to see how it would go, and BB was as proud as you can't think |
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