hearse-horse

Keene, who merely replied that he thought he should choose a hearse-horse to ride, as being at once more stately, decorative, and safe.

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

"What'd you bring me that infernal old hearse-horse for?" said the colonel.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

He warn't distressed any more than you be -- on the contrary, just as ca, 'm and collected as a hearse-horse; said he judged that wher' he was going to a body would find it considerable better to attract attention by a picturesque moral character than a natty burial-case with a swell door-plate on it.

Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922

Walpole, consequential and lugubrious, he spoke of as "the high-stepping hearse-horse of public life."

The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907

"She'll run like a scared hearse-horse," said young Grandcourt gloomily.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

"What'd you bring me that infernal old hearse-horse for?" said the colonel.

Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Charles King 1888

FOR'ARD with it 'fore I make you swallow it, you dash-dash-dash-DASHED split between a tired mud-turtle and a crippled hearse-horse! '

Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain 1872

He warn't distressed any more than you be -- on the contrary, just as ca, 'm and collected as a hearse-horse; said he judged that wher' he was going to a body would find it considerable better to attract attention by a picturesque moral character than a natty burial-case with a swell door-plate on it.

Sketches New and Old Mark Twain 1872

He warn't distressed any more than you be -- on the contrary just as carm and collected as a hearse-horse; said he judged that wher 'he was going to, a body would find it considerable better to attract attention by a picturesque moral character than a natty burial case with a swell doorplate on it.

The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches Mark Twain 1872

FOR'ARD with it 'fore I make you swallow it, you dash-dash-dash-DASHED split between a tired mud-turtle and a crippled hearse-horse! '

Life on the Mississippi, Part 1. Mark Twain 1872