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Horsegate

Horsegate proper noun: a scandal in 2013 in which it emerged that several large British supermarket chains were selling equine meat in products claimed to be one hundred percent beef.

Proper noun

Horsegate

  1. (informal) A scandal in 2013 in which it emerged that several large British supermarket chains were selling equine meat in products claimed to be one hundred percent beef.

Origin of Horsegate

From horse + -gate.

Questions about Horsegate

What does Horsegate mean?
Horsegate means a scandal in 2013 in which it emerged that several large British supermarket chains were selling equine meat in products claimed to be one hundred percent beef.
What part of speech is Horsegate?
Horsegate is a proper noun.

Words near Horsegate in the dictionary

  1. horsefoots
  2. horsefright
  3. horsefrights
  4. horsefucker
  5. horsefuckers
  6. Horsegate
  7. horsegram
  8. horsehair
  9. horsehair shirt
  10. horsehair shirts
  11. horsehair worm

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