Which preposition to use with whelp

of Occurrences 7%

You whelp of a sea wolf!

in Occurrences 7%

A party of gentlemen from Bombay, one day visiting the stupendous cavern temple of Elephanta, discovered a tiger's whelp in one of the obscure recesses of the edifice.

on Occurrences 2%

SILENT DUCHESS] Many breeders object to feeding the mother with meat at this time, but the writer once had two litter sisters who whelped on the same day, and he decided to try the effect of a meat versus farinaceous diet upon them.

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St. Bernards have been known to produce as many as eighteen whelps at a birth, and it is no uncommon thing for them to produce from nine to twelve.

than Occurrences 1%

Better meet a lion robbed of her whelps than him, if you had been stealing the bread from the mouth of the fatherless.

about Occurrences 1%

All that know any thing, And have been studied how to catch a beauty, But like so many whelps about an Elephant The Prince is coming home, Sir. Ant.

thenabout Occurrences 1%

We caught Wolf in a lynx trap, Mukoki and I. He wasn't much more than a whelp thenabout six months old, Mukoki said.

by Occurrences 1%

One of the great difficulties that breeders of Mastiffs and all other large dogs have to contend against is in rearing the puppies; so many bitches being clumsy and apt to kill the whelps by lying on them.

from Occurrences 1%

It is said that the Prince of Syracuse, having married a young Lady, and being naturally of a jealous Temper, made such an Interest with the Priests of this Temple, that he procured a Whelp from them of this famous Breed.

like Occurrences 1%

" "Because he's enforcing the law and trying to keep the flag from being insulted by whelps like you, eh?" "We'll show you what's law!

Which preposition to use with  whelp