willing horse
noun
a person prepared to work hard
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How to use willing horse in a sentence
And loosening the rein of his willing horse, away he went again in a wild headlong career.
Martin Rattler | R.M. BallantyneThese plunges seemed to be gone into for exercise and by the way, like the curvets of a willing horse.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonHe was usually that way—as Madge said, Izzy would drive a willing horse to death.
Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island | Alice EmersonTown, Diocese, Chapter, and the society of the neighbourhood all work the willing horse alike.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 | Augustus J. C. HareChancellor Furst is not a willing horse in this case; but he is obliged to go.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XXI. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
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