Meaning of guyascutis | Babel Free

Examples

““An' hyar you behol' de great Guyascutis, de unknown monster of Central Mexico, wen he foresee he's wictim.”—here he expanded his mouth hideously and uttered a deep roar.”

“The President touched the button, there was a deep reverberation from a cannon placed in front of the house, rockets were exploded, chains began to rattle, the gas went out, the "guyascutis" howled and the " whangdoodle " mourned.”

“Eye of mortal man had never looked on Artemus's guyascutis; it was only heard of, like Madame Benoiton.”

“But to resume : I started out to say that it is better to be fish, flesh, or fowl, that pickled guyascutis.”

“Now I rise to say that if there is anywhere in these United States any old dunghill, scaly-legged, blear-eyed, frosted-combed, roach-backed, crooked-breasted, twisted-toed apology for a hen, that with relative good care won't pay an annual profit on her market value of more than 33 per cent then she ought to be exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition along with the “rara avis” and the “guyascutis” as the biggest curiosity in the show.”

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