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horsiness

  • a word derived from horsey.
    horsey
    adjective
    of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.

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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 Henry Seton Merriman

No divine could have been more correctly attired, and yet there was a latent horsiness about his cut.

From The Adventures of Harry Revel by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Eldred, who was a groom, was attired with excessive horsiness.

From The Creators A Comedy by May Sinclair

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 Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

Although his evening-dress was perfect in every detail, he conveyed a subtle suggestion of horsiness.

From Uneasy Money by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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