one-horse

[ wuhn-hawrs, -hohrs ]

adjective

using or having only a single horse: a one-horse carriage.
small and unimportant; limited: a one-horse town.

Origin of one-horse

First recorded in 1740–50

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How to use one-horse in a sentence

Sure, coincidences happen, but these guys make big cities look like one-horse villages.
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John Brown drove his one-horse farm-wagon, and the men straggled behind him.
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Sixteen men at Hankow to carry baggage that one man and a one-horse dray would carry in New York.
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At that time there were not half a dozen one-horse wagons in the whole town.
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In our one-horse buggy, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter drove ahead of the party, and he crawled into the garrison.
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As to salary—well, I don't know what you're getting in that one-horse bank, but I'll double it, whatever it is.
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British Dictionary definitions for one-horse

one-horse

adjective

drawn by or using one horse
(prenominal) informal small or obscure: a one-horse town

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