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dead amiss

dead amiss adjective: of a horse: too ill to compete.

Adjective

dead amiss (not comparable)

  1. Of a horse: too ill to compete.
    • At the mention of the increased amount of odds, the snob took the youngster aside, and said to him, "Look now, by the book, we have the old man done brown; my horse is dead amiss, your cousin's horse you can beat easy, […]1840, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review, page 286
    • Sunshine ran gamely, but was clearly out of condition; and Gamos, who was dead amiss at Bath, having got round, beat her from the superiority of her training, […]1870, Tresham Gilbey, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 18, page 320

Questions about dead amiss

What does dead amiss mean?
Dead amiss means of a horse: too ill to compete.
What part of speech is dead amiss?
Dead amiss is an adjective.

Words near dead amiss in the dictionary

  1. dead 'n' buried
  2. dead 'un
  3. dead 'uns
  4. dead against
  5. dead air
  6. dead amiss
  7. dead and buried
  8. dead and gone
  9. dead angle
  10. dead angles
  11. dead arm syndrome

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