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Percheron

noun

One of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery.

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"Percheron" Quotes from Famous Books

... I hired of a quiet young fellow about thirty-five years of age, who kept a very neat livery stable there, a sort of victoria and a big Percheron horse, with fetlock whiskers that reminded me of the Sutherland sisters. As I was in no hurry I sat on the iron settee in the cool court of the livery stable, and with my arm resting on the shoulder of the proprietor I spoke of the crops ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) • Various

... down the street the other day with a big spirited Percheron in the center and two wretched nags on either side. The Percheron was doing all the work, and it seemed that he would have got along far better in single harness, than he managed with his inferior mates retarding ...

— The Clock that Had no Hands - And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising • Herbert Kaufman

... before us. So was the Mont, spectral no longer, but nearing with every plunge forward of our sturdy young Percheron. Locomotion through any new or untried medium is certain to bring with the experiment a dash of elation. Now, driving through water appears to be no longer the fashion in our fastidious century; someone might get a wetting, possibly, has been the conclusion of the prudent. ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 (of 10) • Various

... was a horse and Cappy might have had a Shetland pony in mind when he coined the simile, nevertheless, a still small voice whispered to Matt Peasley that at the time Cappy was really thinking of a Percheron. The longer Matt chewed the cud of anticipation the more acute grew his regret that he had threatened to throw his successor overboard. He traced a certain analogy between that threat and Cappy Ricks' simple declarative sentence, and finally he decided ...

— Cappy Ricks • Peter B. Kyne

Words linked to "Percheron" : draft horse, draught horse, dray horse