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- noun Plural form of
showhorse .
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Examples
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I have found that legislators usually fell into three categories - the showhorses, the workhorses, and those nice but inert people who never can quite figure out what is happening.
Pat Nolan: Senator Kennedy and the Animated Discourse of Liberty 2009
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LOS ANGELES In an NHL skill contest, pick Russian players to be the showhorses now and in the foreseeable future.
USATODAY.com 2002
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Within the GOP power structure of the U.S. House of Representatives, and it's probably true for the Democratic side aisle as well, there are two types of members - the workhorses and the showhorses (so I'm told).
Latest Articles Three Fingers of Politics 2010
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I have found that legislators usually fell into three categories - the showhorses, the workhorses, and those nice but inert people who never can quite figure out what is happening.
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