Wooden Horse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Wooden Horse
First recorded in 1615–25
Example Sentences
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In the Wooden Horse escape, in which a tunnel was dug underneath a vaulting horse, he was one of the organising committee.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024
During that time, he helped in escape attempts immortalised in the films, The Wooden Horse and the Great Escape.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2022
Wooden Horse, tribute to the band Crosby, Stills & Nash.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2016
An equally avid U.S. appetite for well-paced excitement could make The Wooden Horse one of the U.S. bestsellers of the year.
From Time Magazine Archive
How the Wooden Horse was fashioned, and brought into Troy by her people.
From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders
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