One-horse

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Drawn or worked by a single horse.

    "He constructed a one-horse plough for me about two years ago, which only weighs 581b., for planting potatoes."

  2. 2
    Small, insignificant. broadly

    "Let us have no one-horse candidate for the Presidency. General Grant is the man."

Adjective
  1. 1
    small and remote and insignificant wordnet

Synonyms

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crampeddinkyexiguoushalf pintjerkwaterknee high

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"Tom grew up in a one-horse town."

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