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one-horse Definition

one·-horse (wun′hôrs′)

adjective

  1. drawn by or using a single horse
  2. ☆ Informal having little importance; limited in resources, scope, etc.; petty; inferior

one-horse* Synonyms

one-horse*

modif.

small, inadequate, junky*; see little 1, poor 2.

one-horse Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • sleigh: Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh, Over the fields we go, laughing all the way.
  • cart: Having reached the bank on the Ganges, he would halt at the place allocated for parking and tying up one-horse carts.
  • town: Below, at the edge of the desert, the ephemera of dusty one-horse towns.
  • race: It's beginning to turn into a one-horse race.