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Horsy

//ˈhɔːsi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or similar to horses.

    "All the horses had been seized and sent to the front, but the whole place still smelt of horse-piss and rotten oats. I was at the barracks about a week. Chiefly I remember the horsy smells, the quavering bugle-calls […]"

  2. 2
    Involved in breeding or riding horses.
  3. 3
    Clumsy, clunky, bulky, inelegant, or unrefined.

    "Near-synonym: crude"

Noun
  1. 1
    A child's term or name for a horse. childish, endearing
  2. 2
    A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours.

    "When he got in the house, if I'd left him to read his newspaper in quiet, then he'd play horsey with me, riding me around the house on his back; I'd put a pillow on his back for my saddle"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From horse + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German rössich (“horselike, equipped with a horse”).

Etymology 2

From horse + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German rössich (“horselike, equipped with a horse”).

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