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market horses

market horses is the plural of market horse.

Meaning of market horse

Noun

market horse (plural market horses)

  1. (obsolete, slang) 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

Questions about market horses

What is market horses the plural of?
Market horses is the plural of market horse.

Words near market horses in the dictionary

  1. market gardening
  2. market gardens
  3. market hall
  4. Market Harborough
  5. market horse
  6. market horses
  7. market jitters
  8. Market Lavington
  9. market leader
  10. market leaders
  11. market letter

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