onehorse
adjective
1.
using or having only a single horse: a one-horse carriage.
2.
small and unimportant; limited: a one-horse town.
Origin:
1740–50
1740–50
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| one-horse | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | drawn by or using one horse |
| 2. | informal (prenominal) small or obscure: a one-horse town |
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Onehorse
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Word Origin & History
one-horse
"small-scale, petty" 1853, Amer.Eng. colloquial, in ref. to towns so small they only had one horse.
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