horsey
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
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dealing with or interested in horses, horseback riding, fox hunting, horse racing, etc..
the horsy set in local society.
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rather heavy and awkward in general appearance or facial structure.
That heavy coat makes you look horsy.
adjective
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of or relating to horses
a horsey smell
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dealing with or devoted to horses
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like a horse
a horsey face
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And I don't want to be mean but I had quite a horsey dinner in Kazakhstan.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
Here he is, with his “kind eyes, horsey features, white push-broom mustache.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
People will be around you and be like, "You smell a little horsey."
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2019
My favorite, which is sung by Michael Bublé, is about a horse in the house: "If there were a horsey in the house/The horsey would be bigger than the house."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2019
She was thin and sallow, with angular features and a black moustache, not quite droopy enough to hide a horsey set of upper teeth.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Or on a field, if you’re Ray Lewis, the NFL’s war horsiest war horse.
From Newsweek ● Jan. 17, 2012
In his youth a wild-riding cavalryman, Persia's self-made "King of Kings," Reza Shah Pahlevi, who seized the Throne in 1925, is now the horsiest of ruling monarchs.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his general make-up he is the "horsiest" individual I have seen for many a day.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
Say, this Melford is the horsiest burg ever I saw!
From Blister Jones by Hambridge, Jay
It is your small man who is ever the horsiest in his outward appearance, just as it is your very plain young person who is keenest at the Sunday-school class.
From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton
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