subs. (American).—A mule. [A PORTMANTEAU-WORD (q.v.): i.e., ANIMAL + MULE.]
1834[?]. Centre-Pole Bill [The Overland Monthly]. ‘Ten miles to town! Waal, stranger, I guess I’ll stake out here to-night. Them ANIMULES is too beat to do that.’
subs. (American).—A mule. [A PORTMANTEAU-WORD (q.v.): i.e., ANIMAL + MULE.]
1834[?]. Centre-Pole Bill [The Overland Monthly]. ‘Ten miles to town! Waal, stranger, I guess I’ll stake out here to-night. Them ANIMULES is too beat to do that.’
