| 单词 | odd-horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasodd-horse odd-horse n. (a) regional a horse employed in doing odd jobs (see sense A. 8f); †(b) = odd man out n. (a) at odd man n. Compounds (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > choosing by casting lots > specific mode of singling out by lot odd man1743 odd-horse1801 odd man out1840 1801 Sporting Mag. 19 115 No cards, dice, odd-horse, or tossing-up to be permitted. 1894 Northumberland Words The horse he [sc. the odd-laddy] drives is called the odd-horse. a1903 D. W. Lewin in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 324/2 [Kent] They take the odd horse for that. < as lemmas |
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