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"ref": "1940 April 9, John Owen, “[letter to] Paul J. Kilday”, in [Relief of] John Owen, quoted in United States congressional serial set, 76th Congress, 3rd session (January 3, 1940—January 3, 1941), miscellaneous volume 3, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, published 1940-05-24, →ISSN, 76th Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Claims, report number 2293, page 12 of report",
"text": "[…] but the fact remains that my range cattle, because of the chousing which they received at the hands of the troops and the fright that they had, were caused to go into a period of considerable range deficiency without the flesh with which they should have entered this period.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause undesirable activity in livestock, such as running."
],
"links": [
[
"regional",
"regional#English"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"undesirable",
"undesirable"
],
[
"activity",
"activity"
],
[
"livestock",
"livestock"
],
[
"running",
"running"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, US, regional) To cause undesirable activity in livestock, such as running."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"regional",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃaʊ̯s/"
},
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}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "chowse"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(of cattle) disturb, agitate",
"word": "espantar"
}
],
"word": "chouse"
}
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