hoss-block

Updated: May 3, 2025

"Vexed in all its seaward course by bridges, dams, and mills," but finding time, during the busy summer months, to flush its fertile banks with beauty. "Gorry!" ejaculated Mr. Slocum, "ef I hain't left the widder Foss settin' on Aunt Hitty's hoss-block, 'n' I promised to pick her up when I come along back!

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - Timothy's Quest: A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It

But after a long and laborious climb, over shifting stones and ragged ledges, I was met with the discouraging information that the only cow in these parts was Hawkins' cow, and Hawkins was the postmaster, "down yon, whar yew were a-read'n' th' notices on th' hoss-block."

Reuben Gold Thwaites - Afloat on the Ohio: An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo