willing horse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He's a very willing horse who always gives 110%.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
Canadair's grizzled, square-jawed president, known as "willing horse" because of his 12-to-18 hour workday.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every raking stride of her willing horse cut the brief seconds shorter and shorter.
From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Cullum, Ridgwell
The road was drifted with snow and it was all even a very willing horse could do, to pull a sleigh through them.
From Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun by Hawley, Mabel C.
This particular experiment suggested by the Baroness is singularly successful in the enslaving of the eager, and it has the great merit of permitting the willing horse to do all the work.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
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