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Exmoor

noun
1.
Horned sheep of Devon; valued for mutton.
2.
Stocky breed of pony with a fawn-colored nose.





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"Exmoor" Quotes from Famous Books



... come along here on the pony," said my father as the doctor mounted his sturdy little Exmoor-bred animal. ...
— Devon Boys - A Tale of the North Shore • George Manville Fenn
... bold block of white limestone stained with red. It has the pitch of Exmoor stooping to the sea near Lynton. To north, as one looks along the coast, the line is broken by Porto Fino's amethystine promontory; and in the vaporous distance we could trace the Riviera mountains, shadowy and blue. The sea came roaring, rolling ...
— New Italian sketches • John Addington Symonds
... evening of the same day on which he left Millstead, for the Retreat was situated on the borders of Exmoor and the journey from Paddington was long and slow, he was received by the Superintendent with the grave welcome and studious absence of questioning that was the rule of the house. The Superintendent was an elderly man, inclining to stoutness and of unyielding placidity. ...
— Father Stafford • Anthony Hope


Words linked to "Exmoor" :   pony, domestic sheep, Ovis aries


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