Wooden Horse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Wooden Horse
First recorded in 1615–25
Example Sentences
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The Wooden Horse bookends “The Odyssey,” in which time fragments and the plot circles back on itself, a signature of Nolan’s films.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the Wooden Horse escape, in which a tunnel was dug underneath a vaulting horse, he was one of the organising committee.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
During that time, he helped in escape attempts immortalised in the films, The Wooden Horse and the Great Escape.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2022
Wooden Horse, tribute to the band Crosby, Stills & Nash.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2016
Sinon, a wily Greek who beguiled the Trojans and persuaded them to admit the Wooden Horse into the city, to its ruin.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
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