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dead horses

dead horses is the plural of dead horse.

Meaning of dead horse

Noun

dead horse (usually uncountable, plural dead horses)

  1. (dated, usually) The period of work on board ship for which the seamen have been paid in advance (usually a month's wages), the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks.
  2. (Australia, slang, usually) Tomato sauce.

Questions about dead horses

What is dead horses the plural of?
Dead horses is the plural of dead horse.

Words near dead horses in the dictionary

  1. dead heat
  2. dead heats
  3. dead hedge
  4. dead hedges
  5. dead horse
  6. dead horses
  7. dead house
  8. dead houses
  9. dead ice
  10. dead in the train
  11. dead in the water

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