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One-horse   /wən-hɔrs/   Listen
adjective
one-horse  adj.  
1.
Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.
2.
Second-rate; inferior; small; as, a one-horse town. (Slang, U.S.)






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"One-horse" Quotes from Famous Books



... for us," whispered Andrew to Matt. "For a one-horse wagon, it could not be better arranged. The running gear seems to be in good ...
— Young Auctioneers - The Polishing of a Rolling Stone • Edward Stratemeyer

... associate with them," replied Billina. "It is that cross old Princess who is to blame. But I was raised in the United States, and I won't allow any one-horse chicken of the Land of Ev to run over me and put on airs, as long as I can ...
— Ozma of Oz • L. Frank Baum

... and a large manufacturing firm near Boston. Mr Bell of Toronto exhibited his excellent plough, straw-cutter, and reaping machine. The first prize for the latter article was awarded to Mr Helm of Cobourg for the recent improvements which he has effected. Mr Clark of Paris exhibited his one-horse ...
— History of Farming in Ontario • C. C. James

... five-cent piece that he believed to be there—for the stillness, the restful oblivion of the North River were in his mind. His fingers clutched the coin convulsively, thankfully. At least he would not be compelled' to walk down Christopher Street to his death: he could pay his way to eternity in the one-horse car. Yet even while the blackness of shattered hope seemed to be closing him in irrevocably, the glad light came again. As the voice of an angel sounded the voice of the tailor; and the words which the tailor ...
— Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 • Various

... me most was the number of small one-horse vehicles which transport the traveller rapidly from one point to another, at a very slight expense, and will even undertake a two or three ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt


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