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stalking-horse Definition

stalking-horse (stô′kiŋ hôrs′)

noun

  1. a horse, or a figure of a horse, used as cover by a hunter stalking game
  2. anything used to disguise or conceal intentions, schemes, or activities; blind
  3. Politics a person whose candidacy is advanced temporarily to conceal the actual choice or to divide the opposition