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high-stepper

British  

noun

  1. a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground when walking or trotting

"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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“But yellow shoes,” she added, “those would be extraordinary. You had to be a high-stepper to have them or to wear them or to pay for them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2021

It would also help if that high-stepper from Strictly Come Dancing came back into the fold.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2010

"It's something to tell your children about," said Anita Saunders, a high-stepper with the Locke Senior High School marching band, "and everybody else."

From Time Magazine Archive

She's a high-stepper, that Jeanne, and I should pity the man who got her and didn't understand her.

From Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel by John David Barry

“Once I run with a high-stepper from Bowlin’ Green, Kentucky, and she told me better nor that,” he explained.

From 'Me--Smith' by Gayle Porter Hoskins

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