market horse
market horse noun: a horse kept in the betting-lists for the sole purpose of being betted against.
Noun
market horse (plural market horses)
- A horse kept in the betting-lists for the sole purpose of being betted against.
- [N]othing is easier than to make sure […] that the horse selected, in the event of the public fancying him, shall be made a market horse, and be “milked” for the benefit of those interested: the losing of a race may at any time be ensured, and there are scores of “turf dairymen” who are reputed...1892, James Glass Bertram, A Mirror of the Turf, page 271
Forms of market horse
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Questions about market horse
- What does market horse mean?
- Market horse means a horse kept in the betting-lists for the sole purpose of being betted against.
- What part of speech is market horse?
- Market horse is a noun.
- What is the plural of market horse?
- The plural of market horse is market horses.
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