[advb. use of STRADDLE sb.] = ASTRADDLE, astride.

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1866.  Brogden, Prov. Lincs., Straddle, astride.

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1898.  J. C. Harris, Tales of Home Folks, 244. I boun’ ef I had a hoss an’ could ride straddle I’d ketch ’im.

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