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oat burner

oat burner is the alternative form of oat-burner.

Meaning of oat-burner

Noun

oat-burner (plural oat-burners)

  1. A horse.
    • He's not just your basic oat-burner who runs because he's taught to.2008, Sharon Brondos, White Lightning, →ISBN, page 60
  2. A film, radio or television show, or theatrical production set in the Old West; horse opera.
    • Even though we were dead serious about this oat-burner, the home audiences probably collapsed when, along with the Old West dialogue and scenes, they heard the honking and screeching noises of automobiles or the roaring of airplanes overhead.1994, Guy LeBow, Watch Your Cleavage, Check Your Zipper!, →ISBN, page 3

Forms of oat burner

pluraloat burners

Questions about oat burner

What is oat burner the alternative form of?
Oat burner is the alternative form of oat-burner.

Words near oat burner in the dictionary

  1. oast houses
  2. oasthouse
  3. oasthouses
  4. oasts
  5. oat
  6. oat burner
  7. oat burners
  8. oat cell
  9. oat cells
  10. oat grass
  11. oat grasses

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