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Definition of "cart-horse" [cart-horse]

  • A horse that draws a cart, or is intended or suitable for such work. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "cart-horse" in a sentence
  • "I knew from previous shifts that my thighs would hurt as if I'd done the Grand National on a cart-horse the next morning."
  • "It's like the difference between a cart-horse and a thoroughbred; I had to be the cart-horse!"
  • "The cart-horse Boxer (Russian working class) devotes himself to the cause with particular passion, committing his great strength to the prosperity of the farm and adopting as a personal axiom the affirmation "I will work harder.""