white mule
Origin of white mule
1An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
- Also called white lightning.
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How to use white mule in a sentence
He drives a white mule, and has managed to put a top of sail cloth on an old ramshackle buggy, which he calls a 'shay.'
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesTwo days later he entered the City in triumph riding on a white mule; he was received with "universal joy and acclamation."
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study | Edward HuttonI still possessed five of my own animals, after a small white mule had been torn to pieces by wolves in Gartok.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven HedinThen I jumps off my white mule, takes the swab by the heels, an' chucks him over the warehouse into a cactus bush.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneA white mule with red trappings, led by a varlet, carried Sir Nigel's own napery and table comforts.
The White Company | Arthur Conan Doyle
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