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
Therefore he spurred his willing horse against the hill, and up the many-winding ruggedness of road, hoping, at every turn, to descry in the distance the vehicle carrying that very plaguesome box.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
For what does a lover ask but to be one and twenty, to be astride a willing horse, and to be beside the one woman in the world for him?
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
It was the difference between a willing horse and a balky horse.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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