white horse
a white-topped wave; whitecap.
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Other definitions for Whitehorse (2 of 2)
a town in and the capital of the Yukon Territory, in NW Canada.
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When there’s less meat or fish, there’s more shopping at the Arctic Co-Op, the sole grocery store in town, where all the goods must first be trucked from Winnipeg to Whitehorse and then put on a plane north.
Indigenous chief Dana Tizya-Tramm is fighting climate change for his people and for the planet | Tik Root | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostIt features a white horse, assless chaps, Eric Holder, and cheap video effects.
We convened at the white horse Tavern, under the glum and bleary eyes of Dylan Thomas, Norman Mailer, and Jack Kerouac.
Fire and Forget: After Homecoming, Veterans Collect Stories of War | Roy Scranton | November 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWe made a date for the white horse, where this anthology took root.
Fire and Forget: After Homecoming, Veterans Collect Stories of War | Roy Scranton | November 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRomney has said that he considers the white horse Prophecy just a matter of speculation by church members.
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We pull up, with steaming cattle, at the old ‘white horse,’ where lunch is spread.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperTalpers sought to detain him, but the Chinese hurried back to his old white horse and climbed clumsily into the saddle.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanThe old white horse was switching and stamping and shuddering in his constant and futile battle against flies.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanA white horse, drawing a buggy, was trotting along the road by the side of the cornfield.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonBut once the story of the white horse of Banba is told, ‘twill keep ringing in your ears till the dawn of your doom.’
The Whale and the Grasshopper | Seumas O'Brien
British Dictionary definitions for white horse (1 of 2)
the outline of a horse carved into the side of a chalk hill, usually dating to the Neolithic, Bronze, or Iron Ages, such as that at Uffington, Berkshire
(usually plural) a wave with a white broken crest
British Dictionary definitions for Whitehorse (2 of 2)
/ (ˈwaɪtˌhɔːs) /
a town in NW Canada: capital of the Yukon Territory. Pop: 16 843 (2001)
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