mustang

mustang

1. mustangi

Liittyvät sanat: bronco

Synonyymisanakirja

mustang

poni, mustangi, villihevonen.

Liittyvät sanat: mustangi.

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drag racing, icing, bodybuilding, sightseeing, stretching, desktop publishing, body stocking, smoking, quisling, happening...

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Englannin sanakirja

mustang englanniksi

1. A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.

2. 1846, w:Thomas Bangs Thorpe|Thomas Bangs Thorpe, The Mysteries of the Backwoods, Carey and Hart, page http://books.google.com/books?id=k1ITAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&dq=mustang+%22invariable+companion%22+narrow-chested&lr=lang_en&num=50&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=05TPSZjpOomGNsSKnBEPPA12,M1 12:

The mustang pony, the invariable companion of the inhabitant of the prairie, whether he is rich or poor, is a little creature, apparently narrow-chested, and small across the loins.

3. 1851, w:Thomas Mayne Reid|Mayne Reid, The Scalp Hunters; Or, Romantic Adventures in Northern Mexico, vol. 3, Charles J. Skeet, page http://books.google.com/books?id=bNYBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA145&dq=%22Garey+slackened+his+pace%22+mustang&lr=lang_en&num=50&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=ipPPSbT_MJ2EyATC6ei3Bw 145:

Having ridden a distance of two or three miles, Garey slackened his pace, and put the mustang to a slow walk.

4. puhekieltä A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commission commissioned officer during the w:American Civil War|American Civil War.

5. 1903, James Hoyt (editor), Seen & Heard by Megargee, L.N. Megargee, page http://books.google.com/books?ei=WZnPSbCnCZbyygTzgskR&q=%22He+is+a+product+of+the+merchant+marine%22+mustangs+%22during+the+Civil+War%22&btnG=Search+Books 1754:

He is a product of the merchant marine and is one of the officers called "Mustangs" who entered the navy during the Civil War.

6. 1939, Fred J. Buenzle, Bluejacket, W. W. Norton & Company, page http://books.google.com/books?q=%22son+of+a+famous+artist%22+mustang+%22during+the+Civil+War%22&btnG=Search+Books 179:

He was the son of a famous artist, and was what we termed a "mustang" officer, who had come into the navy from the merchant service during the Civil War.

7. puhekieltä A commission commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person.

8. 1918, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, volume 120 (September–December 1918), Outlook Publishing Company, page http://books.google.com/books?ei=gZrPSbrEMojeNcHV8dAD&q=%22and+the+chief+engineer+is+a+mustang%22+%22enlisted+men%22&btnG=Search+Books 417:

… and the chief engineer is a "mustang" — that is, an officer who has risen from the ranks of enlisted men.

9. 1943, Josef Israels, Hes in the Marine Corps Now'', R.M. McBride & Company, page http://books.google.com/books?id=IdCEAAAAIAAJ&q=Mustang+%22Officer+who+came+up+through+the+ranks%22+%22None+better%22&dq=Mustang+%22Officer+who+came+up+through+the+ranks%22+%22None+better%22&ei=zJrPSdSqEJHaMbin0KAM&pgis=1 170:

Mustang— Officer who came up through the ranks. None better.

10. English mustang (gloss)

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