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selling-plater

[ sel-ing-pley-ter ]
/ ˈsɛl ɪŋˌpleɪ tər /

noun

a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.

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Nearby words

  1. selling climax,
  2. selling floor,
  3. selling point,
  4. selling race,
  5. selling short,
  6. sellotape,
  7. sellout,
  8. selma,
  9. selsyn,
  10. seltzer

Origin of selling-plater

First recorded in 1885–90
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
British Dictionary definitions for selling plater

selling-plater

noun

a horse that competes, or is only good enough to compete, in a selling race
a person or thing of limited ability or value
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