How To Use Snaffle In A Sentence
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Money lent to dictators and snaffled away into offshore accounts gets racked on to the public debt to be paid by future generations.
Debt crisis: A default in Europe could benefit poor countries | Jonathan Glennie
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He played at a delivery he might have left and was snaffled at second slip.
The Sun
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Its body may be snaffled by a predator.
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But what about Jeremy Paxman's book, Friends in High Places, that showed the best jobs are snaffled by those from public schools and elite universities?
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All bridoon bits shown above are permitted either as a snaffle or as part of a double bridle.
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Next to him was a picture of the young filly that had snaffled his heart.
Times, Sunday Times
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These horsemen rode with short stirrups, in snaffle bridles with a loose rein, in an uncollected, free forward manner that was the exact opposite of the extreme collection of the Continental riding school, with its emphasis on curb bits.
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Thieves snaffled all the goods from the burnt warehouse.
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The Indians ride bareback on paints (white horses with dark colored markings) and duns (grayish brown horses) with snaffle bridles.
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There was no doubt as to why, of course -- a soldier had "snaffled" it.
The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900
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Instead of launching it over the sightscreen, he could only hit a skimming drive that the bowler snaffled nonchalantly.
Times, Sunday Times
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Those willing started bridling the horses in simple snaffles.
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Their jaws, it turns out, were simply too weak to snaffle a sheep.
Simon Welfare: A Tiger Killed by Hype
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I used Penny's western bridle: a loose-ring, sweet iron snaffle with split reins and a long training fork or running martingale.
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If anyone has forgotten to pack their white shirt - a not uncommon occurrence, one member of the orchestra says - they have quickly snaffled a replacement.
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He did not know enough about horses to put a snaffle-bit in one's mouth, and yet he would draw the friskiest, most mettlesome animal in the corral, upon whose back he was scarcely more at home than he would be upon a slack rope.
Andersonville
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His mere presence unsettled batsmen, who could be sure that the slightest mishit would be snaffled.
Times, Sunday Times
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In the tackroom where the bridles, bits, snaffles, girths and whips were hanging on the wall, Jackson asked me about everything.
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snaffle a horse
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Me, while nobody was looking I snaffled a pair of gold Zero-G socks, so I have at least some of a "spacesuit" I can wear when I get home.
Archive 2007-12-01
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And book now for Kaufmann, snaffled by Raymond Gubbay for a Royal Festival Hall recital on 24 October – oddly described as a "London debut".
Tosca; La rondine; Arensky Chamber Orchestra – review
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Stubbs represents the hunt followers as having good, light hands and aiming to ride on a loose rein, taking only the lightest possible contact with their horses' mouths, and then only with small snaffle bits.
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He played at a delivery he might have left and was snaffled at second slip.
The Sun
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A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
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To learn the two track maneuver, use a martingale or a snaffle bit with draw reins to encourage the horse to flex through the poll and keep his head still.
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I'd marked out my seat and I snaffled it sharpish on Saturday night, got into the spirit of things by ordering a fake absinthe from the Bartender -- Ed. As the rest of the audience filed in, I saw Adam sit down at the table to my right, chatting to the audience members sat there.
Adventures of a Couch-Hopping Scribbler Part 2: That Toddlin Town
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I'd marked out my seat and I snaffled it sharpish on Saturday night, got into the spirit of things by ordering a fake absinthe from the Bartender -- Ed. As the rest of the audience filed in, I saw Adam sit down at the table to my right, chatting to the audience members sat there.
Adventures of a Couch-Hopping Scribbler Part 2: That Toddlin Town
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Online sellers may have snaffled a large part of the market, but there is still the joy of serendipity; I bought seven books, two of which were old friends that I'd I had lost, three just looked interesting, and two I had never heard of.
Simon Hoggart's week: No country for ordinary folk
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Dorothy – what lovely advice from your advisor and I think I will have to snaffle that myself to pass on to the students!
The Perils of Teaching « Tales from the Reading Room
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Who's snaffled my pen? It was on my desk a moment ago.
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He let us put a snaffle bit in his mouth, but I could tell he didn't like it.
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Somewhere along the way I had snaffled my grandfather's old collars and the leather box shaped like a horseshoe in which they were kept.
Times, Sunday Times
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snaffled," was too much for us, and, tired as we were, we both roared with laughter; absurd though it may seem, it was astonishing how this little incident cheered us on our way.
From John O'Groats to Land's End
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He muttered something that a snaffle was the safest bit a sinner could place faith in -- assumed the mantle of prophecy -- foretold, as it would appear, troublous times to be in rapid advent -- and inculcated that faith should be placed in heaven, and powder kept very dry.
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850
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Somewhere along the way I had snaffled my grandfather's old collars and the leather box shaped like a horseshoe in which they were kept.
Times, Sunday Times
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Michael Stich then proceeded to snaffle the $2 million first prize.
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The second has only a cavesson and has a loose ring snaffle on it. (pony size) 3 other bridles
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More than half the tickets were quickly snaffled by Lions supporters.
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In Ireland, where the large majority of our hunters come from, the snaffle is the bit used in breaking and hunting, as it is in steeple-chasing; and although our Irish neighbours find the curb has its advantages, we must admit that they keep it in its proper place and do not allow it to usurp the snaffle when riding over fences.
The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
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His mere presence unsettled batsmen, who could be sure that the slightest mishit would be snaffled.
Times, Sunday Times
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The horse should be fitted with a snaffle bridle, cavesson, roller or saddle, side reins and protection on all four legs, either boots or securely fitted bandages.
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Who's snaffled my pen? It was on my desk a moment ago.
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To learn the two track maneuver, use a martingale or a snaffle bit with draw reins to encourage the horse to flex through the poll and keep his head still.
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Instead of launching it over the sightscreen, he could only hit a skimming drive that the bowler snaffled nonchalantly.
Times, Sunday Times
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A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
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The top rein ring is located next to the mouthpiece, as in a snaffle, and the rein that attaches to it is thus called the snaffle rein.
A Horseman
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As a baseline, all horses will go in a snaffle bridle with no martingale.
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Don't forget to snaffle a snack mid-afternoon, to maintain your glucose levels.
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One is brown leather with a green felt browband and snaffle bit (cavesson) (pony size)
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They snaffled up Lib Dem ideas with the potential to be popular – such as tax cuts for low earners – and claimed them as their own.
The Lib Dems need to be more than just the people who say no | Andrew Rawnsley
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With some of the more famous plays snaffled by other theatres in Rattigan's centenary year, here Northampton's Royal & Derngate offers In Praise Of Love, a later Rattigan play, written in 1973, and set against the backdrop of the 1970s' changing political landscape.
This week's new theatre
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If she got a little strung out, or she leaned a little on the snaffle bit, I simply applied a half-halt as if I was aboard a hunter or dressage horse and I had my perfect little jog.
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Notice the preponderance of single-rein snaffle bridles.
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For instance, on the Thursday night I visited, you could snaffle a plate of gussied-up sausage and mash for £8.95.
Top 10 best budget restaurants in Cheltenham and Gloucester
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Fig. 12 for holding the horse to a hunting or racing gallop on a snaffle is the same as Fig. 9, but with the fists closed.
Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding
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Only after the horse and human have progressed beyond the teaching phase the snaffle bit is introduced.
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Somewhere along the way I had snaffled my grandfather's old collars and the leather box shaped like a horseshoe in which they were kept.
Times, Sunday Times
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Who's snaffled my pen? It was on my desk a moment ago.
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A combative elfin gets a mission to snaffle a magic book in the country of Moria.
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Vatuvei had a 27th minute score denied by video referee Tim Mander, who ruled he had gone touch-in-goal, and it was hard to shift the feeling this was another chance he'd have snaffled if all was well.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
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Bits that act with direct pressure on the tongue and lips of the bit are in the general category of snaffle bits.
Understanding English Bits « Articles « Literacy News
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Greenwood snaffled the ball at the front of a line out and sprinted 20 metres to open the second-half scoring.
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The pelham should be ridden mainly off the snaffle rein, with the curb rein only coming into effect when needed.
A Horseman
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If the snaffle is to be the predominant bit, its reins should be on the outside, and the curb-reins slack.
The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
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Somewhere along the way I had snaffled my grandfather's old collars and the leather box shaped like a horseshoe in which they were kept.
Times, Sunday Times
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Somewhere along the way I had snaffled my grandfather's old collars and the leather box shaped like a horseshoe in which they were kept.
Times, Sunday Times
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Who's snaffled my pen? It was on my desk a moment ago.
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Were you to open a shop called New England had an Italian company not already snaffled the name you'd have to stock it with American and Denim, German trainers, and English T-shirts made to look Japanese.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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There were also elements of sharp tailoring, accessorised with traditional silk foulard snaffle scarves, cashmere striped sweaters and plenty of bling with gilt accessories.
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Like his brother, he had 'snaffled' a few decorations out of the War: but to be in Command of the Regiment, with
Far to Seek A Romance of England and India
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Were you to open a shop called New England had an Italian company not already snaffled the name you'd have to stock it with American and Denim, German trainers, and English T-shirts made to look Japanese.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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These horsemen rode with short stirrups, in snaffle bridles with a loose rein, in an uncollected, free forward manner that was the exact opposite of the extreme collection of the Continental riding school, with its emphasis on curb bits.
