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willing horse

British  

noun

  1. a person prepared to work hard

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He's a very willing horse who always gives 110%.

From The Guardian Sep. 24, 2010

Canadair's grizzled, square-jawed president, known as "willing horse" because of his 12-to-18 hour workday.

From Time Magazine Archive

Therefore he spurred his willing horse against the hill, and up the many-winding ruggedness of road, hoping, at every turn, to descry in the distance the vehicle carrying that very plaguesome box.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

For what does a lover ask but to be one and twenty, to be astride a willing horse, and to be beside the one woman in the world for him?

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

Half an hour passed and then the girl gathered up her reins and urged her willing horse into a canter.

From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Cullum, Ridgwell

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