selling-plater

[ sel-ing-pley-ter ]

/ ˈsɛl ɪŋˌpleɪ tər /

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noun

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

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Origin of selling-plater

First recorded in 1885–90

How to use selling-plater in a sentence

There is just no way of selling this picture with an innocent defense like, “she just asked for a snap.”
Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Eventually, she did—more or less—reinventing herself as Nicki Minaj and becoming a platinum-selling hip-hop superstar.
Nicki Minaj: High School Actress|Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was not selling “loosies” that day, no cigarettes were found on his person, and thus there was no probable cause in play.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.
The Cultural Crimes of Iggy Azalea|Amy Zimmerman|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At this period it brought enormous prices, the finest selling at from fifteen to eighteen shillings per pound.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
To learn this, he went on the road himself appointing agents and selling to bookstores.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
It means enough not to satisfy them, and to leave the selling price of the things made at the point of profit.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I have no means of paying them except by selling my estate, and therefore it must go.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
I shall be coming to you next and saying that I'm going to be put in prison for selling secret documents to a foreign country.
First Plays|A. A. Milne

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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