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dark-horse

dark-horse is the alternative form of darkhorse.

Meaning of darkhorse

Adjective

darkhorse (not comparable)

  1. Having the character of a dark horse.
    • “He's a highly intelligent boy but a bit of a different character,” says Alan Peiper, the Australian who directs the big American team Columbia-Highroad, for which Hansen is a darkhorse contender in the Tour Down Under.2009 January 23, Ron Reed, “Quirky but still the wheel deal”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2009

Questions about dark-horse

What is dark-horse the alternative form of?
Dark-horse is the alternative form of darkhorse.

Words near dark-horse in the dictionary

  1. dark-eyed
  2. dark-eyed junco
  3. dark-eyed juncos
  4. dark-haired
  5. dark-hearted
  6. dark-horse
  7. dark-lantern
  8. dark-lanterns
  9. dark-lanthorn
  10. dark-lanthorns
  11. dark-necked tailorbird

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