short head

noun

1. horse racing a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head

Example Sentences

It was a race for the points, and the man aboard the inspection car won by a short head.

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The bride was ten minutes late, and we beat her by a short head.

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In a few minutes, however, he proceeded to take the Shasta out, and drove her hard all that night into a short head-sea.

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It stopped on seeing us approach, and turned its round short head, with deeply sunk eyes and a large nose, to look at us.

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Rupture of the biceps of the arm may involve the long or the short head, or the belly of the muscle.

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