Synonyms for cayuse

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kahy-yoos, kahy-oos

Phonetic Transcription : kaɪˈyus, ˈkaɪ us

Définition of cayuse

Origin : "horse, Indian pony," 1841, American English, said to be a Chinook (native Pacific Northwest) word; also the name of an Indian group and language (1825), of unknown origin.

As in pony : noun horse

Example sentences :

Lucky the cayuse who happens to be the right size for his harness.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

You wish to know the name of the man who Union-Jacked your cayuse?
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

Powder Face is woman broke, an' gentle as any cayuse can get.
Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx

Not much on looks, Bill, but a cayuse don't cover ground on his looks.
Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick

My horse, I knew, could outrace any cayuse of the Sioux band.
Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut

They got the Judge, ‘Brand’—they run him off, with my cayuse!
Extract from : « 'Firebrand' Trevison » by Charles Alden Seltzer

I'll bet they gave him a cayuse an' started him off while we've been losing time in here.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various

Fortunately, the horse was a Cayuse and used to that kind of work.
Extract from : « The Gold Trail » by Harold Bindloss

In that fierce and proud regard was something the Cayuse could not fathom.
Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch

The competition was close, but Snoqualmie the Cayuse won the day.
Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch

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