Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horse kept in the stud for breeding purposes; a stallion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stallion, esp. one kept for breeding.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun adult male horse kept for breeding
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Examples
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Look at him crawl around -- he acts like an old stud-horse.
Tobacco Road Caldwell, Erskine, 1903- 1934
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He's seen a few with stud-horse clothes and white spats and monocles on who had gone through Kansas to shoot in the Rocky Mountains.
The Life and Letters of Walter H Page Hendrick, Burton J 1922
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Eskimos drilled patiently at ivory tusks and gambled the furs from their backs at stud-horse poker.
Pardners Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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Western Supply Company is execution proof, its assets consisting of some stud-horse office furniture and a corporate seal.
The Outlet Andy Adams 1897
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Another side table was surrounded by a gathering of Broadway statues and gambling house hangers-on, who were engaged in a game called 'hide the heart,' and the last table had a circle of big, heavy-bodied and solid-looking men about it who were putting up on a game known as 'stud-horse poker.'
Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Abraham H. Hummel 1887
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You see, no games but poker -- draw, stud-horse and straight, and hide the heart -- are allowed to be run.
Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Abraham H. Hummel 1887
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There are guys from CU's incoming class that will end up being good/great players, and there will be stud-horse recruits at other schools that will be complete busts.
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There are guys from CU's incoming class that will end up being good/great players, and there will be stud-horse recruits at other schools that will be complete busts.
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There are guys from CU's incoming class that will end up being good/great players, and there will be stud-horse recruits at other schools that will be complete busts.
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Breeding a stud-horse stands at 10,000-25,000 euros.
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