selling plater

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selling plater (plural selling platers)

  1. A horse that competes in a selling race.
  2. An inferior horse.
    • 1946, PG Wodehouse, Joy In The Morn, Doubleday & Co.:
      Like putting up a fair-ish selling-plater against a classic yearling.