high-stepper

Definitions

noun colloq. A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.

noun a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting

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Meanwhile, that other animated high-stepper still in the markeptlace?

The Weekend Steeple Chase (Movie Wise) Steve Hulett 2007
Though old and lean, Billy is a high-stepper and quick of foot; he never trips nor stumbles.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003
He was not stepping high or jaunty, and Gus was usually a high-stepper, in the mornings.

Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
He was not stepping high or jaunty, and Gus was usually a high-stepper, in the mornings.

Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
He was not stepping high or jaunty, and Gus was usually a high-stepper, in the mornings.

Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
We are like a horse that has been trained to be a "high-stepper."

Humanly Speaking Samuel McChord Crothers
"Once I run with a high-stepper from Bowlin 'Green, Kentucky, and she told me better nor that," he explained.

'Me--Smith' Caroline Lockhart 1916
Most fellers isn't so oneasy about a sister-in-law, but I reckon this one is different, being report says she's a high-stepper, said Walker, as he grinned at

Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902
A trick is always so low that a high-stepper can walk right over it.

Old Gorgon Graham Lorimer, George H 1903
One's a high-stepper -- regular society -- was engaged to the patient and now acts as if she'd married him; and the other -- well, perhaps you can make her out; I can't.

The Dust Flower Basil King 1893