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Definition
easily led or managed
- The cattle had walked themselves out and were docile for the time being.Chapters 32-33 (42% in)
- Call had taken the precaution of buying a lead steer from the Pumphreys—a big, docile longhorn they called Old Dog.Chapters 34-35 (37% in)
- In a way it pleased him—he had never cared for totally docile horses.Chapters 44-45 (42% in)
There are no more uses of "docile" in Lonesome Dove.
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