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A large hoofed animal used for riding or pulling loads.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Set the cart before the horse.
  • Hence white horse, the extension of ˜white horse™, is not the same as (identical to) horse, the extension of ˜horse™.
  • Hiiary, I love your spirit, but the horse is already dead.
  • "I think this horse is as talented as they were," he says.
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  • The "hoarse" (rough or weakened voice) "horse" (a four legged animal you ride on) didn't mind the "hoars" (frosts). Note: "Whores" are people who behave like prostitutes.
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