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Warhorse

noun
1.
A work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition.
2.
An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service.  Synonyms: old-timer, old hand, old stager, oldtimer, stager, veteran.
3.
Horse used in war.





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"Warhorse" Quotes from Famous Books



... form as the vessel approached the landing at Redwing, for at this point the legendary appeal made itself felt. This lovely valley had once been the home of a chieftain, and his body, together with that of his favorite warhorse, was buried on the summit of a hill which overlooks the river, "in order" (so runs the legend) "that the chief might see the first faint glow of the resurrection morn and ride to ...
— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland
... virtue of my growing years and my promise to abstain from the decanters),—I confess, I say, that I, poor innocent, was puzzled to conjecture what sudden interest in the county newspaper could cause Uncle Jack to prick up his ears like a warhorse at the sound of the drum and rush so incontinently across the interval between Squire Rollick and himself. But the mind of that deep and truly knowing man was not to be plumbed by a chit of my age. You could not fish for the ...
— The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... a horse that frequently attracted my admiration. A rich blood-bay in color, with flowing black mane and tail, as he swept around in the various changes with wide, glowing nostrils and flecked with foam, in my eyes he came well up to the description of the warhorse whose "neck ...
— The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson • Edward A. Moore


Words linked to "Warhorse" :   steed, mount, expert, courser, saddle horse, charger, drama, work of art, riding horse, cavalry horse


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