saddle sore

saddle sore

noun
1.
an irritation or sore on a horse caused by the rubbing of a poorly adjusted saddle.
2.
an irritation or sore on a rider caused by a saddle.

Origin:
1945–50
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
WordNet
saddle sore

noun
1. an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle 
2. sore on a horseback rider chafed by a saddle 
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