An animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work.
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Examples for "beast of burden "
Examples for "beast of burden "
1 The human is the only beast of burden in the Bontoc area.
2 It had become an impossible beast of burden on a backpacking holiday.
3 The most common beast of burden , however, is the carabao, or water-buffalo.
4 The river was our beast of burden now, a tireless, gentle beast .
5 Why sufficeth not the beast of burden , which renounceth and is reverent?
1 And he added: Thereto shalt thou eat herbs of the earth, as who saith thou shalt be like a beast or jument .
2 He shed his guernsey during the safe passage between Jument and Saut de Juan.
3 There was a dull growl of surf from below, and low harsh croakings and mewings from the gulls down in Port à la Jument .
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