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willing horses

willing horses is the plural of willing horse.

Meaning of willing horse

Noun

willing horse (plural willing horses)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) One who readily performs hard work or who voluntarily tolerates an adverse situation.
    • [A]fter a good deal of discussion (some of it angry) among the Major-Generals, it was settled as such things are everywhere—the willing horse (which SHERMAN always is) getting the work to do.1863 November 10, “Gen. Sherman's Column”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Feb 2014

Questions about willing horses

What is willing horses the plural of?
Willing horses is the plural of willing horse.

Words near willing horses in the dictionary

  1. Willimon
  2. Willimott
  3. Willina
  4. willing
  5. willing horse
  6. willing horses
  7. willing on
  8. willing suspension of disbelief
  9. willing suspensions of disbelief
  10. willing the good of another
  11. Willingboro

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