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Meanings of riding astride in English

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Usage of riding astride in English
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One horse was sometimes made also to carry two men riding astride.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England
2
Jo was riding astride for the second time in her life.
The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro a...
3
You should start while you are young enough to get away with riding astride.
Timeless
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But to return to the independence of riding astride:
A Woman Tenderfoot
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The obliging Lark boosted her sister up, and Carol nimbly scrambled into place, riding astride.
Prudence of the Parsonage
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They were not divided for riding astride, so her wool stockings were bared to the knee.
To the blight: the eye of the world
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Suddenly it floated, and as suddenly he leaped upon it, riding astride it down the foaming waters.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the L...
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Mother had accused her of immodesty: riding astride and wearing those scandalous pepper-and-salts and showing her legs.
Missy
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But there was that riding astride episode.
Missy
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Maggie was riding astride his back, clinging with her legs, with one arm wrapped around his neck.
Skin Game
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Ludowika, riding astride, enveloped and hooded in bottle green, had her face muffled in a linen riding mask.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
12
Polly dove into her stocking to fish out a tiny rocking horse with a doll riding astride it.
Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
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If you haven't been riding astride, a horse's back seems as wide as the roof of a church.
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
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And the ladies riding astride.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
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For the same reason Marguerite must go horseback; the doctor was surprised to see her riding astride like a man.
All souls' rising
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I used to see boys riding astride razor-back hogs in the street, where now stately limousines glide over smooth pavements.
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