horsiness
- a word derived from horsey.
Example Sentences
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The "galloping star" she claimed as her own on account of its presumed horsiness.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia
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
Although his evening-dress was perfect in every detail, he conveyed a subtle suggestion of horsiness.
From Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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)
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
