carthorse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Jamelia says her dancing is "the family joke" and despite Carol's belief she is like a carthorse on the dancefloor Jamelia believes the standard of dancing this year is pretty good.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2015
"I am a carthorse," says BBC Breakfast weather presenter Carol Kirkwood.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2015
Any rose-tinted specs have been well and truly smashed under the fat hooves of an overworked, fleablown carthorse.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2013
At any rate, a callow Hurst was more of a wow than the perspiring carthorse the formation yoked him to, perspiringly diligent Roger Hunt.
From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2013
I was as much under the yoke as any carthorse, but the latter is not allowed to starve, because its value would be gone.
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. by Auerbach, Berthold
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