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horsiness

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

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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

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 E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville

But he wore the coat with a jaunty air, and the hat slightly but effectively cocked on one side, so that the quiet yet ingrained horsiness of his aspect suffered little from the unwonted attire.

From The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope

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

The "galloping star" she claimed as her own on account of its presumed horsiness.

From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley

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