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colts

[kohlt] Origin

colt

[kohlt]
noun
1.
a young male animal of the horse family.
2.
a male horse of not more than four years of age.
3.
a young or inexperienced person.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; compare dialectal Swedish kult little pig
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Colts is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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colt
O.E. colt, originally "young ass," in Biblical translations also used for "young camel," probably from P.Gmc. *kultaz and akin to child. Applied to persons from early 13c. The type of revolver (1838) was originally the manufacture of U.S. gunsmith Samuel Colt (1814-1862).
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