Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who keeps horses for the purpose of racing.
- noun One who rides in races; a jockey.
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Examples
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At his introduction into our family, his negative virtues were insisted upon: — He was no gamester; no horse-racer; no fox-hunter; no drinker: my poor aunt Hervey had, in confidence, given us to apprehend much disagreeable evil (especially to a wife of the least delicacy) from a wine-lover: and common sense instructed us, that sobriety in a man is no small point to be secured, when so many mischiefs happen daily from excess.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Freeland was one of the real chivalry of the South; besides being himself a slaveholder, he was a horse-racer, cock-fighter, gambler, and, to crown the whole, an inveterate drunkard.
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He was formerly from Virginia, and was a horse-racer, cock-fighter, gambler, and withal an inveterate drunkard.
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave William Wells Brown
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You would probably look in vain through our ranks for a horse-racer, a gambler, a profane person, a rum-drinker, or a duellist.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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His new master's name was Fred Scruggs, a horse-racer and Negro-trader.
Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army 1914
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When William Wells Brown (how he came by this name we shall see further on) had answered the purpose of his master, he was hired out by a Major Freeland, who was a public-house keeper, also a horse-racer, cock-fighter, gambler, and to crown the whole, an inveterate drunkard.
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But the horse-racer was far too much of a sportsman for that.
Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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And while the horse-racer and the wine-merchant were still discussing preliminaries, and Mr Pillans was privately ascertaining whether his nose was bleeding, Horace departed in peace, partly amused, partly vexed, and decidedly of opinion that Blandford had taken to keeping very queer company since he last saw him.
Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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Now, Dr. Barnes says 'the duellist, the horse-racer, the bull-fighter, should be left unrebuked till slavery is anathematized!
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"I do not for a moment mean to say that he is a reckless bettor or a mere gambling horse-racer; and, after all, to enter a horse or two for the local races, or even Newmarket, is perfectly allowable in a man of his fortune -- it will neither make him nor mar him."
A Crooked Path A Novel Mrs. Alexander 1863
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