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one-horse

one-horse
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wuhn hawrs]
    • /wʌn hɔrs/
    • /wʌn hɔːs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wuhn hawrs]
    • /wʌn hɔrs/

Definitions of one-horse word

  • adjective one-horse using or having only a single horse: a one-horse carriage. 1
  • adjective one-horse small and unimportant; limited: a one-horse town. 1
  • adjective one-horse If someone describes a town as a one-horse town, they mean it is very small, dull, and old-fashioned. 0
  • adjective one-horse If a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will obviously win it. 0
  • adjective one-horse drawn by or using one horse 0
  • adjective one-horse small or obscure 0

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Origin of one-horse

First appearance:

before 1740
One of the 48% newest English words
First recorded in 1740-50

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Parts of speech for One-horse

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

one-horse popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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