Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: pointers
IPA transcription: [p'ɔɪntɚz]
Usage examples
  • We stood like so many pointers, and then used our glasses, swiftly, carefully.
  • To all intents and purposes the compass was as efficient as before; but, as a matter of fact, the moving of the pointers upon the dials resulted now in no corresponding shift of the mechanism beneath--and the device was set, immovably, upon a destination of the slave's own choosing.
  • Well-boiled greens--or mangel-wurzel boiled to a jelly--are an excellent addition to the food of all dogs, and may be given twice a-week; but they ought to be discontinued during the shooting-season with pointers, setters, cockers, and greyhounds; and also during the hunting season with foxhounds, harriers, and beagles, as they are apt to render the bowels too open for hard work.