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horsy

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From horse +‎ -y.

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horsy (comparative horsier, superlative horsiest)

  1. Of or relating to horses.
    Synonym: (rare) horsely
    • 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
      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 […]
    • 1985, Margaret Atwood, “Soul Scrolls”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 165:
      Pirates, these women, with their ladylike briefcases for the loot and their horsy, acquisitive teeth.
  2. (of a person or people) Involved in breeding or riding horses.
  3. (of a graphic design or typographical treatment) Clumsy, clunky, bulky, inelegant, or unrefined.
    Alternative form: horsey

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horsy (plural horsies)

  1. (childish or endearing) A child's term or name for a horse.
  2. A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours.
    • 2000, Anique Devoe, I'm Ready:
      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
    • 2003, Bill Phillips, Eating for Life: Your Guide to Great Health, Fat Loss and Increased Energy:
      When you get down on the floor and play “horsey”, you are giving yourself a heck of a workout – and it is fun for the kids!
    • 2005, Larry L. Meyer, No Paltry Thing: Memoirs Of A Geezer Dad:
      The best barometer of my mounting physical limitations was the game of horsy. In my stallion's prime I could pack three little boys on my back at once and do the length of the hall in no time flat.

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