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steel horse

steel horse noun: a motorcycle.

Noun

steel horse (plural steel horses)

  1. (informal) A motorcycle.
    • I'm a cowboy / On a steel horse I ride / I'm wanted dead or alive1987, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, “Wanted Dead or Alive”
    • So, anyway, Jeff and I were whipping along, two totally stoned organic machines, riding a steel horse and grinning ear-to-ear like madmen.2000, Lori Varosh, Jim Hallas, I Am the War, page 23

Forms of steel horse

pluralsteel horses

Questions about steel horse

What does steel horse mean?
Steel horse means a motorcycle.
What part of speech is steel horse?
Steel horse is a noun.
What is the plural of steel horse?
The plural of steel horse is steel horses.

Words near steel horse in the dictionary

  1. steel drums
  2. steel guitar
  3. steel guitarist
  4. steel guitarists
  5. steel guitars
  6. steel horse
  7. steel horses
  8. steel magnolia
  9. steel magnolias
  10. steel mill
  11. steel mills

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