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oxen

/ˈɑksən/ adjective C2
  1. Of, relating to, or resembling an ox; oxlike
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A DOG lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 11 · B2
## The Oxen and the Axle-Trees
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 11 · B2
A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 11 · B2
The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: “Hullo there!
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 11 · B2

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