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darkhorse

darkhorse adjective: having the character of a dark horse.

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

Forms of darkhorse

alternative formdark-horse

Origin of darkhorse

From dark + horse.

Words formed from darkhorse

Phrases with darkhorse

Questions about darkhorse

What does darkhorse mean?
Darkhorse means having the character of a dark horse.
What part of speech is darkhorse?
Darkhorse is an adjective.

Words near darkhorse in the dictionary

  1. darkfield
  2. darkful
  3. darkhaired
  4. Darkhan
  5. darkhearted
  6. darkhorse
  7. darkhorse candidate
  8. darkhorse candidates
  9. darkie
  10. darkies
  11. darking

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