colt

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The knight agreed to try, and got on slowly but surely, for the colt was a gallant fellow, and soon learned to love his new master, though he was freakish and wild.

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  1. noun A young male horse.
  2. noun A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.

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  • Lanzman believed his colt was a winner but the surface proved too tough and I Want Revenge was overtaken by not one, but two horses in the stretch. —  Salon
  • If he can handle the step up in class, this colt will be an interesting one to follow the rest of the spring as Hot Springs seems to have turned into a very solid Derby Pipeline. —  Sportsfrog.com
  • I think one of us had better return for the colt, and make him ride Very good, if you can get him on and make him stay there," said the chief Make him go himself: tie him so he cannot run away," suggested Edward I am not sure but that would be the best plan," said Howe. —  The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West
  • Why, we shall soon be having a big farm Yes," said Norman; "but the colt was a pet, and he had given so much attention to it They went to bed and all was quiet, but somehow Rifle could not sleep. —  The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range
  • But he offered only twenty dollars for the colt, and the owner wanted twenty-five. —  Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English.

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  1. Early modern English also coult; from Middle English colt, a young horse, a young ass, from Anglo-Saxon colt, a young ass, a young camel, = Swedish kult, a young boar, a stout boy, dial. kullt, a boy or lad; cf. Swedish kull = Danish kuld, a brood, children collectively. Cf. child.
  2. from colt, n.
 

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