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selling-plater

[sel-ing-pley-ter]
noun
  1. a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.

Origin of selling-plater

First recorded in 1885–90
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British Dictionary definitions for selling plater

selling-plater

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