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Meanings of fat ox in English

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Usage of fat ox in English
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And the flesh of a fat ox will help ye on yer way.
In the Days of Poor Richard
2
Here they landed and bought a fat ox for three bracelets.
A Book of Discovery / The History of the World's Exploration, Fr...
3
The butchers made their appearance with their fat ox.
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volum...
4
For the feast a fat ox had been killed, part being roasted and part stewed.
Adventures in Africa / By an African Trader
5
Aug. 8th-Havingkilled a fat ox, the men are busily engaged in boiling down the fat.
The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, And Explorations of...
6
Stoobar is one fine fat ox!'
Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
7
They began by making the customary sacrifices to the gods, Agamemnon offered up a fat ox five years old.
The Story of Troy
8
Was it not you, Johnston, who took the fat ox at Finsbury butts against the pick of London town?
The White Company
9
Meanwhile another party, taking torches, proceeded to a corral near by, and slaughtered a fat ox, with great dexterity.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes
10
They bring the fat ox with the gilded horns, and at your altar they strike him down with the pole-ax.
Earth Abides
11
It takes the same labor to produce a fat hog or a fat ox, a sheep, horse, or mule, as in 1870.
If Not Silver, What?
12
I could pardon him for calling me a great fat ox, for want of a bit of flesh upon his own bones.
Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
13
Mahommed Her sent me immediately a fat ox for my people: not to be under any obligation I immediately gave him a double-barrelled gun.
The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, And Explorations of...
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Not far from the frog a fat ox was browsing; whilst a few lambs frisked about the meadow, or nibbled the grass and buttercups there.
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
15
That was a very shrewd move on his part, and I am no longer surprised that that fat ox-driver has been the favorite of sovereigns.
The Nabob, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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He has a breast like a fat ox,"-hereshe touched the skin of his broad chest,-"andhe will die if you do not fight him."
A Romany of the Snows, Complete / Being a Continuation of the Pe...
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