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horselet

horselet noun: a young or little horse; foal; pony.

Noun

horselet (plural horselets)

  1. A young or little horse; foal; pony.
    • As for the Entrails of Hogs, and eſpecially the Horſelet, which Publius Syrus preferred before all Meats, I find them to be ſtopping, and of bad Nouriſhment;1746, Thomas Moffett, corrected and enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Health’s Improvement: or, Rules Comprizing and Discovering the Nature, Method and Manner of Preparing All Sorts of Foods Used in...
    • The crowd of merry-makers who left the Palace tired and happy after pantomime and tea, contained a few pale young journalists, as tired and not less happy, who had neither witnessed the adventures of Robinson Crusoe, nor tasted the delights of the Camera Obscura, who had bought no sweets and put no...1888 January 29, The Reflector, volume I, number 5, London: James Stephen, page 91
    Synonyms:
    horseling

Examples of horselet in a sentence

  • They say most any guy can lead a horse to water, yes, indeed; but then, you bet, it takes some gink to make his horselets take the drink.1914, The Inland Printer, page 224:
  • An ancient landslide had trapped them in a side canyon, went the story, and they evolved into tiny horselets.2003, Boatman’s Quarterly Review:

Synonyms of horselet

Forms of horselet

pluralhorselets

Origin of horselet

From horse + -let.

Questions about horselet

What does horselet mean?
Horselet means a young or little horse; foal; pony.
How do you use horselet in a sentence?
They say most any guy can lead a horse to water, yes, indeed; but then, you bet, it takes some gink to make his horselets take the drink.
What part of speech is horselet?
Horselet is a noun.
What is the plural of horselet?
The plural of horselet is horselets.

Words near horselet in the dictionary

  1. horseleeches
  2. horseless
  3. horseless carriage
  4. horseless carriages
  5. horselessness
  6. horselet
  7. horselets
  8. horselike
  9. horseliness
  10. horseling
  11. horselings

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