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wheel horse Definition

wheel horse

noun

  1. the horse, or one of the horses, harnessed nearest the front wheels of a vehicle
  2. ☆ a person who works especially hard and steadily in any enterprise

wheel-horse Quotes

A third-rate political wheel-horse, with the face of a moving-picture actor, the intelligence of a respectable agricultural implement dealer, and the imagination of a lodge joiner†a benign blanköa decent, harmless, laborious, hollow-headed mediocrity.

—Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis)