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View synonyms for horse trade
horse trade
1noun
- a shrewdly conducted exchange, as of favors or objects, usually resulting from or accompanied by very close bargaining.
- an exchanging or trading of horses.
horse-trade
2[ hawrs-treyd ]
verb (used without object)
, horse-trad·ed, horse-trad·ing.
- to bargain or trade shrewdly.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horse trade1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Origin of horse trade2
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
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Example Sentences
He would express a willingness to horse-trade with every member.
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She has beat me on many a horse trade, that woman; and I always go back to try it again.
From Project Gutenberg
The situation is similar in the difference between cheating in a horse trade and cheating about other commodities.
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All's fair in a horse trade, an' friends didn't orter swap horses widout they kin stand the shkinnin'.
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They both remembered that Hennard was close by at the time of the quarrel over the Horse-trade.
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We were assured that bicycles were to destroy the horse trade entirely, yet horses now bring double what they did before.
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