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Definition of Mule
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Mule
A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny. A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid. A very stubborn person. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny. Related Definitions:
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Mule Quotations
A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once. William Faulkner I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon. Ida B. Wells The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable. Clifford Geertz We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident. Francis Parkman Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?' Terry Prachett |
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Mule Translations
mule in Dutch is muiltje, slof, muil mule in French is mulet mule in German is Maultier, Maultier, Maulesel mule in Italian is mulo mule in Portuguese is mula mule in Spanish is mulo, mula |
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