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Dark horse

noun

A political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly.

A racehorse about which little is known.

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"Dark horse" Quotes from Famous Books

... hints of the New, so he contended was the New Testament full of foreshadowings of the Koran, and he cited as a most convincing text, "In Heaven, there shall be no marrying, nor giving in marriage." He professed to think that Mohammedanism was the dark horse that would come to the front in the race of religions and win in the west as it had won ...

— Children of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill

... be nervous about it, for unless there is some dark horse I feel sure that your Rosney has got the race ...

— The Queen's Cup • G. A. Henty

... bad for that matter. He's a dark horse—keeps pretty much to himself. He's well known in the gay resorts, in the gambling houses and where ...

— The Mask - A Story of Love and Adventure • Arthur Hornblow

Words linked to "Dark horse" : bangtail, campaigner, race horse, candidate, racehorse, nominee