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Horse trade   /hɔrs treɪd/   Listen
Horse trade

noun
1.
The swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining).  Synonym: horse trading.






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"Horse trade" Quotes from Famous Books



... old Billy Goat that shot at Da oncet, just after Da beat him at a horse trade. Let on it was a mistake: 'twas, too, as he found out, coz Da bought up some old notes of his, got 'em cheap, and squeezed him hard to meet them. He's had ...
— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton

... rattle of musketry the misfit found his element. Here he was so sure of his calling he made his motto, "I'll fight it out on this line if it takes all summer," and to the general, who could not drive a horse trade, or corner the potato market, or deal in ice, one of the greatest generals the world ever knew surrendered his sword, and from the highest military position Grant was called to be President of ...
— Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures • George W. Bain



Words linked to "Horse trade" :   swop, barter, swap, trade



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