How To Use Turnspit In A Sentence

So it has probably been with the turnspit dog; and this is known to have been the case with the ancon sheep. I. Variation under Domestication. Principles of Selection Anciently Followed, and Their Effects
There is, also, a turnspit, with short and crooked legs, closely resembling the existing variety; but this kind of monstrosity is so common with various animals, as with the ancon sheep, and even, according to Rengger, with jaguars in The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
I showed them my economical furnace, my turnspit by clock – work, my roasting apparatus, and my vaporiser. The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.
Buffon calls the turnspit the _Basset à jambes torses_, but some of the breed are said to have straight legs. Anecdotes of Dogs
Hence, when he waddled across the court to and from his old grey pony, he somewhat resembled a turnspit walking upon its hind legs. Waverley

There is even a sort of turnspit Selenite, very common, whose duty and only delight it is to apply the motive power for various small appliances. First Men in the Moon
All good people of either persuasion, royalty or commonalty, knowing his kitchen-range to be cold, no longer would play turnspit. Lorna Doone
The picture above is of Whiskey, the last surviving specimen of a turnspit dog, albeit stuffed. Whiskey the Turnspit Dog | clusterflock
I remember him a little dirty turnspit boy in the house of Avenel, that every body in a frosty morning like this warmed his fingers by kicking or cuffing! and now he is The Monastery
At the mention of the word “wheel” several turnspit dogs, who had been brought to church as foot warmers, ran for the door. Whiskey the Turnspit Dog | clusterflock