He snorted deafeningly, like a scornful carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
He's a player, and as ugly as an old mangy carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
Doctor Faustus horseshoes clacking swallows hay-cart carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [Hey! Luciani] Reference
An old carthorse and a young courser go ill in harness together. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
A trout would not wobble and tug in that sullen, carthorse manner. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
The placid carthorse tossed its head and squealed a complaint its driver echoed. From Wordnik.com. [Time Scout]
In the meadow two carthorse colts, raw sienna colour with white manes and tails, were nibbling at a gate. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
The carthorse neighed uneasily, the prints reached the cart, the cart creaked, as if something had climbed aboard. From Wordnik.com. [The Saliva Tree]
I saw a little boy, perhaps ten years old, driving a huge carthorse along a narrow path, whipping it whenever it tried to turn. From Wordnik.com. [Background information for George Orwell's Animal Farm] Reference
She used one of the saddle-pads to make a chest-pad for her designated carthorse, and ran a length of the rope over that as well. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
A little boy was riding into Cloom farmyard astride a big carthorse, whistling and beating time with a toy switch upon its irresponsive flanks. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
It is the difference between a skittish gelding and a tame carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Electricity] Reference
Samba is a carthorse and another one who doesnt score the goals he should!. From Wordnik.com. Reference
As if that wasn't enough, the big old carthorse in the nearby field ambles ov. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He was as big as a carthorse, as graceful as a dray and as meek as a missionary. From Wordnik.com. [At Good Old Siwash] Reference
England at about the pace of a carthorse, with a huge waggon at my heels in the shape of John. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
There was a concussion, and the black horse came staggering sideways, and the carthorse pushed beside it. From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Worlds] Reference
As an old farmer once said: 'The carthorse is invaluable, but when the engine's goneit's time for the knackers yard.'. From Wordnik.com. [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference
As an old farmer once said: 'The carthorse is invaluable, but when the engine's gone it's time for the knackers yard.'. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
That's right; we've got you safe enough, and they are English ropes, strong enough to pull a carthorse out of a bear pit. From Wordnik.com. [A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods] Reference
Some short time afterwards a carthorse was found in the fields stabbed in several places, though, fortunately, not severely. From Wordnik.com. [Hodge and His Masters] Reference
While on this subject, I may as well quote another of these prize questions: What is the difference between a warhorse and a carthorse?. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4] Reference
" I stooped and checked his pulse again-strong and steady as a carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
" Colonel Runciman, mounted on his carthorse-like mare, had thoughtfully provided his spare horse for Sharpe. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Battle]
"I'm as healthy as a carthorse-but I suppose I shouldn't tell you that because it's not very feminine to say so!. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheikh's Innocent Bride]
"I saw a little boy, perhaps ten years old, driving a huge carthorse along a narrow path, whipping it whenever it tried to turn. From Wordnik.com. [ANIMAL FARM - 2009] Reference
The carthorse broke into a shambling run. From Wordnik.com. [Time Scout]
Just a white carthorse pulling a load of hay. From Wordnik.com. [Time Scout]
I had never seen Dasie mounted on her carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
It was like a carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories] Reference
In the old round, like carthorse in a mill. From Wordnik.com. [The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry] Reference
A carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [Burned Bridges] Reference
Faustus, power showing, spits out hay-cart, carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [Hey! Luciani] Reference
Doktor Faustus, horseshoes splacking, swallows hay-cart, carthorse. From Wordnik.com. [Hey! Luciani] Reference
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