be-spurred

See also: bespurred

English

Adjective

be-spurred (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of bespurred
   • 1837 March 1, The Blackburn Standard‎^[1], volume 3, number 113, Blackburn, Lancashire:

     The grand parades have passed away with all their unsightly accompaniments of be-whiskered, be-spurred, and be-plumed officers, and of scare-crow, be-baggonnetted, be-broomsticked and undisciplined soldiers.

   • 1903 May 30, “The National Guard”, in The Chattanooga News, volume XXIII, number 130, Chattanooga, Tenn., page 7, column 2:

     What made this youth remarkable was that he was clad in all the pomp and glory of war, he was be-spurred, be-campaigned hatted, be-leggined, and be-sabred, and be-trussed like any old swashbuckler out of Old Whitechapel.

   • 2010 February 17, Liz Smith, “Molly Ivins returning via Kathleen Turner”, in Indian River Press Jounal, page A2:

     She struggled to finish this fine work, which shows a be-spurred cowboy boot treading on The Constitution, and Molly herself wisely subtitled the work “The Executive Branch’s Assault on America’s Fundamental Rights.”

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