horsiness
- a word derived from horsey.
Example Sentences
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By one of the strokes of good fortune which come but once to the most ardent student of fashion, the Baroness de Mélide had taken up horsiness at the very beginning of that estimable craze.
From The Isle of Unrest by Merriman, Henry Seton
When next there comes a missive from the Queen It shall be all my study for one hour To rose and lavender my horsiness, Before I dare to glance upon your Grace.
From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
No one of them gives him a greater advantage than the others in his struggle for life, or helps him particularly to perform the functions of horsiness.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John
It can hardly fail to attract the attention of the inquirer that, in the highest walks of horsiness, the desire to appear horsey has been left behind.
From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone)
The "galloping star" she claimed as her own on account of its presumed horsiness.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia
