dead horse

English

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Noun

dead horse (usually uncountable, plural dead horses)

1. (dated, nautical) The period of work on board ship for which the seamen have been paid in advance (usually a month's wages), the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks.
2. (Australia, rhyming slang) tomato sauce.

See also

• beat a dead horse / flog a dead horse