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Wooden Horse

American  

noun

  1. Trojan horse.


Wooden Horse British  

noun

  1. another name for the Trojan Horse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Wooden Horse

First recorded in 1615–25

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The Wooden Horse bookends “The Odyssey,” in which time fragments and the plot circles back on itself, a signature of Nolan’s films.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

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

It is not to be presumed that The Wooden Horse was published at once.

From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant Martin Overton

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