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Dark horse

noun

A political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly.

A racehorse about which little is known.

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"Dark horse" Quotes from Famous Books

... a matter of observation and inference, not quite hitting the nail on the head:—though aiming near enough at it. But he was not going to give himself away. If Birkin could get at the secrets, let him. Gerald would never help him. Gerald would be a dark horse ...

— Women in Love • D. H. Lawrence

... at 'The Start.' Have a peep at this one, 'The Finish.' The artist would have his joke. You see that the dark horse wins." ...

— The Postmaster's Daughter • Louis Tracy

... furiously, "an 'expert from the Home office'! So that's the dark horse in the fur coat. Coombes! I'm fed up to the back teeth with this gun from the Home office! If I'm not to have entire charge of the case I'll throw it up. I'll stand for no blasted overseer checking my work! Wait till I see the Assistant Commissioner! What ...

— Dope • Sax Rohmer

... by special train and were quartered at a club, dispensing champagne and greenbacks promiscuously and freely. There was also a third candidate, whose backers were non-committal, giving no intimation as to where their strength would go in case their candidate did not come in as a dark horse. ...

— David Dunne - A Romance of the Middle West • Belle Kanaris Maniates