the grey mare is the better horse

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • the gray mare is the better horse

Proverb[edit]

the grey mare is the better horse

  1. The wife, not the husband, is in charge of the household.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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