Meaning of mud-turtle | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of mud turtle.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“The mud-turtle said to the horse: “Just as I get⟳ sound⟳ asleep you are sure to come⟳ past and wake⟳ me up. We always used to have⟳ a good quiet time down here in the swamp till you got in the habit of thumping along this way. I am conservative and like⟳ to keep⟳ in my shell. I have⟳ been pastor of thirteen other mud-turtles, and we always had peace till you came, and next week at our semi-annual meeting of mud-turtles we shall either have⟳ you voted a nuisance or will talk⟳ it over in private, eight or ten of us, which will probably be the more prudent way.” Then the mud-turtle’s shell went shut⟳ with a snap⟳, at which the horse kicked up his heels as he turned to go up to the barn to be harnessed to a load⟳ of corn that was ready for the market.”

“The hog is certainly a hog the world over, and, as also natural history teaches, it is certainly a land⟳ animal. Here at any rate it is looked at and treated as such, while the treatment it generally receives in the United States would incline one more to believe⟳ that it is amphibious and to belong⟳ at least to the species of mud-turtles; […]”

““[…] I don’t believe⟳ it will ever be done!” “I don’t either,” said Marian; “those men work⟳ as slow as mud-turtles.” The conversation was taking place⟳ at the Elliotts’ dinner-table, and Uncle Charley looked up from his carving to say⟳: “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the slower the mud-turtles are, the longer we shall have⟳ our guests with us.[…]””

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