To my plebeian palate the snails tasted like mucilage flavoured with garlic, and the terrapin like fricasseed Turkish towels.
My words were as unpalatable to him as his snails and terrapin were to me; for I told him that Anarchists live in brown stone houses and that Socialism is being fed and nourished on Fifth Avenue.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Here are the Terrapin Rocks, and over on the Canadian side, at the base of the chasm, are the fragments of Table Rock and adjacent rocks which have recently fallen, with enormous masses of water beating upon them.
For a second, chop it up and either make a mock terrapin by a cook-book rule, or else cut it in dice, cream and bake it.
The liver she roasted after larding it, and it made a delicious dinner, while the left-over appeared the next night as mock terrapin and was equally good.
But do you mean by member of the church that I am to draw in my head like a high-land terrapinevery time anything is said to me?
The Yellow-bellied Terrapin is found from Virginia to Georgia.
The Chicken Turtle or Long-necked Terrapinis found in the southeastern states.
The Painted Terrapin or Pond Turtle is brightly colored.
The Diamond Back Terrapin is the most highly prized by epicures--seven-inch-long turtles bringing as much as $5 or more apiece.
The Cumberland Terrapin may be known by the red marking on each side of its head.
It can sometimes be seen from Prospect Point, and from the Terrapin Rocks--in the early morning, when the spray-cloud rises towards the north.
It is also observable from the rocks beyond and below Terrapin Point, on the Goat Island side of the Horse-Shoe Fall; but the climb out to that point is both arduous and dangerous, and is very rarely attempted.
Usually about thirty-five minutes for small terrapin and seventy-five minutes for large ones.
Fresh water terrapin may be used for croquettes and puree.
They politely protested that such was far from being the case, whereupon she began the story of how the Terrapin lost his beard.
Thus besieged, Aunt 'Phrony consented to tell how theTerrapin lost his plumage and his whistle.
Professor Tyndall went far out beyond the line of Terrapin Rocks to a point which has been reached by very few of the millions of visitors to this shrine.
Just above at the crest are Terrapin Rocks, where formerly stood Terrapin Tower.
I felt a foreboding of a mightier emotion to rise up and swallow all others, and I passed on to the Terrapin Bridge.
Upon these rocks on the very brink of the Falls in 1833 was erected, by Judge Porter, Terrapin Tower, for many years one of the centres visited by every person journeying to the Falls.
Another beautiful point from which to view the Rapids is on Terrapin Rocks, the so-called scenic and geographical centre of Niagara.
Of these smaller islands five are connected with Goat Island by bridges, as are also the Terrapin Rocks.
Just off the shore of the island are seen Terrapin Rocks.
He ran on, and when he reached the top he looked all around, but could not see the Terrapin on account of the long grass.
The Possum climbed it and was throwing down the persimmons to the Terrapin when a wolf came up and began to snap at the persimmons as they fell, before the Terrapin could reach them.
The Terrapin said that would be all right, but that night when he went home to his family he sent for his Terrapin friends and told them he wanted their help.
But the Turkey kept on walking, and when the Terrapincalled to him to bring back the scalp he only walked faster and broke into a run.
So the Terrapin let him have the whistle and the Partridge walked around blowing on it in fine fashion.
When the Rabbit came on he could not find the Terrapin and so thought the Terrapin was ahead, and if he had met one of the other terrapins he would have thought it the same one because they looked so much alike.
Thus in Europe and America the terrapin has been accepted as the type of plodding slowness, while the rabbit, with his sudden dash, or the deer with his bounding stride, is the type of speed.
So one day the Turkey met the Terrapin coming home from war with a fresh scalp hanging from his neck and dragging on the ground as he traveled.
The Terrapin agreed and gave the scalp to the Turkey, who fastened it around his neck.
The Rabbit was getting tired now and nearly out of breath, but he kept on down the mountain and up the other ridge until he got to the top just in time to see the Terrapin cross the fourth ridge and thus win the race.
The terrapin is frequently ignored by those who prefer the flavor of the sherry.
I might have said Terrapin Maryland, or some other Ritzy dish, but thought I’d better come with a natural.
Uncle Remus," said the little boy, after a while, "did Brother Terrapin jump over the fire?
Mock Terrapin or à la Newburg Pieces of cold-roasted chicken, turkey or duck may be used for making terrapin or à la Newburg.
Then the fashionable people took a fancy for the dish, the supply ran low, and now a decent-sized terrapin is worth five dollars.
Yes," said Philip, "we have to depend upon France for the champagne, but the terrapin is native.
It was in that fortunate interval when Lord Montague was showing that devotion to women was not incompatible with careful attention to terrapin and champagne.
In the winter, in the deeper water, the terrapin rise from their muddy quarters on mild sunny days and crawl along the bottom.
Nets stretched across some narrow arm of river or bay entangle the feet of any stray terrapin in their meshes; but these require the constant attendance of the fisherman to save the catch from drowning.
On our return to City Point from Petersburg the train moved slowly, and the President, observing a terrapin basking in the warm sunshine on the wayside, had the conductor stop the train, and one of the brakemen bring the terrapin in to him.
I thought the Terrapin was the only one that fooled the Rabbit," said the little boy, dismally.
Now imagine," she finished with a cynical laugh, "Perry going upon a diet for any sentimental reasons, or sacrificing terrapin in order to retain my affection!
We can't count certainly upon the appearance of the lady who is so much like you; and I've no fancy for spending my life on Terrapin Tower.
It'll never do to tell the girls I dropped it from the top of Terrapin Tower.
Isabel declined to visit the Cave of the Winds, to which these stairs lead, but was willing to risk the ascent of Terrapin Tower.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "terrapin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: chameleon; dinosaur; dragon; reptile; reptilian; tortoise
