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carthorse

/ ˈkɑːtˌhɔːs /

noun

  1. a large heavily built horse kept for pulling carts or carriages

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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There is a view among observers that Liverpool’s current team contains world-class talent in goal, defence and attack, but that their midfield is made up of carthorses who basically run around a lot.

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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.

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Matching them against D-Wave’s machine is, then, a bit like racing a carthorse against a thoroughbred.

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Her winning poem, "Clothes that escaped the Great War", tells of the plodding carthorse who would take boys away to war, and then return, later, with just their clothes.

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David is playing with El Rey the carthorse, while Simon is having unsatisfactory sex with a woman named Ana.

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