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old horse

old horse noun: salt junk.

Noun

old horse (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, slang) salt junk

Proper noun capitalized: Old Horse

the Old Horse

  1. (UK, historical, obsolete, slang) Bridewell Prison in London.
    • I was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment in Bridge Street Bridewell, Blackfriars, termed by the thieves the Old Horse.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861

Questions about old horse

What does old horse mean?
Old horse means salt junk.
What part of speech is old horse?
Old horse can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near old horse in the dictionary

  1. Old High German
  2. Old Higue
  3. Old Hill
  4. Old Hilltown
  5. Old Home Week
  6. old horse
  7. Old Hundred
  8. Old Hundredth
  9. Old Hungarian
  10. Old Icelandic
  11. old in the tooth

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