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Drayhorse
//ˈdreɪˌhɔrs// noun
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Noun
- 1 A large, powerful horse used for pulling drays.
"Then his dray-horſe and he, in the ſtreets we did ſee, With his hanger, his ſling, and bis jacket; Long time he did watch, to meet with his match; For he'd ever a mind to the placket."
- 2 draft horse kept for pulling carts wordnet
- 3 Someone who undergoes or underwent many a hardship, who suffers some great burden; a burdened, beleaguered, downtrodden man. broadly
""Archbiſhops, Biſhops," (ſo ſays Doctor Parr) "By delta, Beta, merely, have been made : "Why from the mitre then am I ſo far; "So long a dray-horſe in this thundering trade ? "O Pitt, ſhame on thee !—art thou ſtill to ſeek "The ſoul of wiſdom in the ſound of Greek ?""
Etymology
First attested in 1645; compound of dray + horse.
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