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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small agile horse used in herding cattle.

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  • noun a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle

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  • Sounds like a contradiction in terms, but it isn't.

    "He was a jack-of-all-trades, breaking the sturdy little cow ponies, treating their injuries and illnesses, trimming their hooves, and bending over an anvil to forge their shoes. He lived day and night in their company, warming himself against their skin as he wandered over the range, sleeping at their feet under the Colorado mountains."

    —Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (New York: Ballantine Books, 2001), 25–26

    October 20, 2008