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horse bun

horse bun noun: a horse's dropping.

Noun

horse bun (plural horse buns)

  1. (colloquial) A horse's dropping.
    • One day a small neighborhood boy collects horse buns, from the milk wagon horse, and puts them along the bottom folds of the freshly washed double-hung white sheets.1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

Forms of horse bun

pluralhorse buns

Questions about horse bun

What does horse bun mean?
Horse bun means a horse's dropping.
What part of speech is horse bun?
Horse bun is a noun.
What is the plural of horse bun?
The plural of horse bun is horse buns.

Words near horse bun in the dictionary

  1. horse boxes
  2. horse boy
  3. horse boys
  4. horse brass
  5. horse brasses
  6. horse bun
  7. horse bus
  8. horse buses
  9. horse butcher
  10. horse butchers
  11. horse car

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