dray horse
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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At the same time, he turned the Joint Special Operations Command into a dray horse.
From New York Times
It’s as if, instead of the Kentucky Derby, viewers were urged to enjoy the spectacle of thoroughbreds harnessed as dray horses.
From The New Yorker
“I sort of felt like an old dray horse, clicking in,” Mr. Irwin said.
From New York Times
He was riding one dray horse and leading the others.
From Literature
There is malaria and an imperilled dray horse.
From The Guardian
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