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cart horse
noun
- a strong horse bred to draw heavy loads; draft horse.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cart horse1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences
At least,” he added, after a pause, “I used frequently to get rides on a cart-horse when I was a very little boy.
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Seth Maxfield detained Gibbs for a few minutes to ask his advice about a favourite cart-horse.
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If he had not the air of a thoroughbred, he had none of the plebeian clumsiness of the cart-horse.
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Because she did so much, we said that she was as strong as a cart-horse.
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I might take up my old simile of the race-horse and cart-horse.
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