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mule

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1. mule - Noun

2. mule - Verb

3. Mule - Proper noun

Meaning

A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.

A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid.

A very stubborn person.

A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter. Robert Jordan

My favorite animal is the mule. He has more sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and when to stop working. Harry S. Truman

I would have beaten Bloomberg like a rented mule. Anthony Weiner

A mule can swim seven different strokes but the moment he sees the water he forgets them all. Armenian Proverb

A mule laden with gold is welcome at every castle. Armenian Proverb

Whip the saddle and give the mule something to think about it. Bulgarian Proverb

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