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noun

Horseflesh n.

The flesh of horses.

Synonyms: horsemeat. "The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day."

Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. (Colloq.)

Horseflesh ore (Min.), a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Horseflesh" Quotes from Famous Books

... scars on the lean sides of some of them—spirited creatures in which she recognised the marks of breeding—and by the unkempt condition of some that were just from grass, she decided within herself that there could never be a lack of interest and excitement in a land where such horseflesh abounded. ...

— Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land • Rosa Praed

... by a man named Cook, who was a great favorite. He was said to have a horse which could out-trot anything in the city. Cook and Maroney drove out several times with this horse, and Maroney examined him critically. He was a good judge of horseflesh, and when he was excited would fairly carry a person away with his vivid description of the delights of "tooling" along behind a ...

— The Expressman and the Detective • Allan Pinkerton

... produced in the neighbourhood was perfectly astonishing; indeed the fact of placing a saddle upon the back of any thing possessing four legs seemed to constitute the required animal; even a German—a "Dutchman'" came along with a miserable thing in horseflesh, sand-cracked and spavined, for which he only asked the trifling sum of $100. Two livery stables in St. Cloud sent up their superannuated stagers, and Dr. Chase had something to recommend of a very superior description. The end of it all was, that, declining ...

— The Great Lone Land - A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America • W. F. Butler

... the Central Park saved horseflesh in New York," said an old jockey. Few who know the truth will gainsay this assertion. The opening of Jerome Park did as much for "horseflesh" by rescuing the sport of horse racing from the blackguards and thieves, into whose hands it had ...

— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe

... friend of his youth, but, flinging himself into a chair, attacked his food in a sulky silence which endured all through the repast. Mr. Cazenove, on the other hand, was in excellent form. He had spent a beautiful day, he said, and didn't care who knew it. A judge of horseflesh from the cradle, he had spotted the winner every time, backed his fancy like a little man and had been very generously rewarded by the Totalizator. He was contemplating a trip to Brussels in a day or so. Was his dear old friend Albert ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 7, 1919. • Various

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