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one trick pony

one trick pony is the alternative form of one-trick pony.

Meaning of one-trick pony

Noun

one-trick pony (plural one-trick ponies)

  1. A performing animal (especially a pony) that knows only one trick.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) A person or group noteworthy for only a single achievement, skill, or characteristic.
    • He's a one-trick pony / One trick is all that horse can do / He does one trick only / It's the principal source of his revenue1980, Paul Simon, “One-Trick Pony”

Forms of one trick pony

pluralone trick ponies

Questions about one trick pony

What is one trick pony the alternative form of?
One trick pony is the alternative form of one-trick pony.

Words near one trick pony in the dictionary

  1. one too many
  2. one track mind
  3. one track minds
  4. One Tree
  5. one trick ponies
  6. one trick pony
  7. one true brace style
  8. one turn kill
  9. one turn kills
  10. one under
  11. one unders

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