Read full poem →A hundred times I’ve taken the mules
And started early through the lane,
Dictionary Entry
The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
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Common Phrases
. mulesmules twomules pack
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Poetry examples for “mules”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And straggling files of men; when these were gone,
A double limber and six mules went by,
Hauling the rations up through ruts and mud
Read full poem →And straggling files of men; when these were gone,
A double limber and six mules went by,
Hauling the rations up through ruts and mud
Read full poem →They bore Lord Marmion’s lance so strong,
And led his sumpter-mules along,
And ambling palfrey, when at need