cart horse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cart horse
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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That amount, Heathers quips, is more appropriate for a cart horse than a child.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 14, 2018
The details of the opening ceremony are still a secret although we do know that there will be at least sheep, geese and a cart horse on the stage.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2012
Back at the beach, and it's getting very messy – stomachs, the remnants of digested squid, synovial fluid, a liver the size of a cart horse, all spilled out and mixed in with the Kent mud.
From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2011
Even so, in his final years, he was reduced to hobbling around the field like a cart horse.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was, at first sight, a horned horse: larger than a cart horse, but thinner, gaunt: its ribs were visible, and its skull was vivid beneath its skin.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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