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noun
1.
a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
2.
anything put forward to mask plans or efforts; pretext.
3.
a political candidate used to conceal the candidacy of a more important figure or to draw votes from and cause the defeat of a rival.
Origin:
1510–20
1510–20
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Stalking-horse
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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. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| stalking-horse | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a horse or an imitation one used by a hunter to hide behind while stalking his quarry |
| 2. | something serving as a means of concealing plans; pretext |
| 3. | a candidate put forward by one group to divide the opposition or mask the candidacy of another person for whom the stalking-horse would then withdraw |
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