Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horse used or adapted for use in drawing a coach.
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Examples
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They might just as well have settled that he was a coach-horse, and could just as easily have called him one.
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Instead of keeping his promise to the valet, he put the money in his pocket; and the fellow returned in a rage, exclaiming that he was un gros cheval de carosse, a great coach-horse.
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With all my heart, Obadiah, said my father (pursuing his journey) — take the coach-horse, and welcome. —
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Ring; — call; — send Obadiah back upon the coach-horse to bring them with all speed. —
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To say nothing of the Nucleus; that is, of Obadiah and the coach-horse. —
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Imagine to yourself, Obadiah mounted upon a strong monster of a coach-horse, pricked into a full gallop, and making all practicable speed the adverse way.
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To say nothing of the Nucleus; that is, of Obadiah and the coach-horse. —
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Ring; — call; — send Obadiah back upon the coach-horse to bring them with all speed. —
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I was a General, under those trees, a General with a plume like a mourning coach-horse, and armed to the teeth.
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No recollection, I suppose, when you were content to ride double, behind the butler, on a docked coach-horse.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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