thoroughpaced
Americanadjective
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trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
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thoroughgoing, complete, or perfect.
adjective
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(of a horse) showing performing ability in all paces
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thoroughgoing
Etymology
Origin of thoroughpaced
Example Sentences
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Despite the tight-lipped opposition of all the old-line insurance companies, the plan was a thoroughpaced success.
From Time Magazine Archive
He did not stand shivering upon the brink, but was a hearty thoroughpaced liar, and plunged at once into the depths of your credulity.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles
Look at it how I might, this business wore a most curst aspect, to be sure; nor could I regard myself as anything but a thoroughpaced rogue.
From A Set of Rogues by Barrett, Frank
And certainly, if the indictment contained a true statement of the facts, James M'Wilkin, or Wilkinson, or Wilson was about as thoroughpaced a marauder as ever perambulated a common.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various
After this, his wife becomes a Roman Catholic for six months, and then developes into a thoroughpaced infidel of generally loose character.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 by Various
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