one-horseadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌnˌhɔːs/, U.S.

/ˈwənˈhɔrs/

Forms: see one adj. and horse n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: one adj., horse n.

Etymology: < one adj. + horse n.

1. Of a vehicle or machine: pulled or worked by a single horse. Also, of a person: having or using only one horse.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [adjective] > drawn by horse > by specific number or arrangement of

four-horseda1382

one-horse1734

four-horse1762

single-horse1764

two-horse1798

pair-horse1829

pair-horsed1896

1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 30 Nov. 2/1 To Be Sold a compleat one Horse-Chaise by Daniel Greene.

1751 S. Jenyns Mod. Fine Lady 8 Severely humbled to her One-horse Chair.

1795 W. Seward Anecd. (ed. 2) II. 367 He used to drive himself about the country in a one-horse chaise.

1800 C. Kemble Point of Honour 64 Ye of humbler sort, who take the air With loving spouse, wedg'd in a one-horse chair.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 295 The Deacon's Masterpiece: or the Wonderful ‘One-hoss-shay’.

1887 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 18 ‘One-horse farmers’..had to struggle with the inconvenience of borrowing and lending horses.

1902 Daily Chron. 29 Aug. 6/5 In one-horse [long-distance] rides of that kind.

1949 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 5 June 25/1 This group of poems..deal with the life on a one-horse, salt-water Maine farm.

1991 W. P. Kinsella Box Socials ii. vii. 105 Mrs. Bear Lundquist noted that there was a one-horse cutter parked in front of Flop Skalrud's horse barn.

2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Operated on a small scale; of small and limited resources or capacity; inferior, insignificant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > on a small scale

petit1442

petita1500

petty1552

small-scale1852

one-horse1853

one-horsey1884

petitea1886

small time1915

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial > types of

little1440

one-horse1853

village pump1925

trivia1968

1853 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon Territory) 19 Nov. These one-horse meetings are got up by men whose capital consists in brass.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 300 I have seen a country-clergyman, with a one-story intellect and a one-horse vocabulary.

1883 E. E. Hale in Harper's Mag. Dec. 143/2 They have a one-horse sort of a tannery.

1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) x. iii. 322 He seemed to be well disposed toward me, but it was evident that he did not take my ‘one-horse’ establishment seriously.

1940 L. A. G. Strong Sun on Water 161 I was sick with I don't know what early summer passion in that one-horse store.

1969 L. Kennedy Very Lovely People i. 73 Their names were Homer and Arnold and they worked in a one-horse garage down a side street in Botafogo.

2000 Church Times 5 May 14/1 Chest pains and breathlessness in a one-horse Greek airport, with the temperature nudging 105.

Compounds

one-horse race n. a race in which only one of the horses competing is likely to win; (also in extended use) any contest, etc., in which there is only one probable winner.

ΚΠ

1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xxiv. 135 ‘So I am type~cast as the loser?’ ‘It's a one-horse race,’ said Samantha.

1986 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 9 Nov. 68/2 There was another one-horse race last week, though this one was won by a ring-in from Arabia.

2001 PC Gamer Oct. 20/2 It's been looking increasingly like a one-horse race in recent times: nVidia have gone steaming ahead.

one-horse town n. originally U.S. a small or rural town; a town where nothing important or exciting happens.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town > unimportant small town

mudhole1784

toytown1816

Podunk1840

one-horse town1855

tank town1906

jerkwater1912

Hicksville1921

bumfuck1972

1853 Debow's Rev. Sept. 241 The principal mining localities are..Whiskey Creek, One Horse Town, One Mule Town, Clear Creek, [etc.].]

1855 Knickerbocker 46 106 ‘In this “one-horse town”,’ writes a Mobile friend, ‘as our New-Orleans neighbors designate it, [etc.].’

1881 R. G. White Eng. Without & Within xxii. 518 But it was disheartening to come upon Stratford..and to find it more like a new ‘one-horse’ town in ‘America’,..than any place that I had seen in England.

1933 P. Fleming Brazilian Adventure iii. x. 378 Doctor Amyntas was the big noise; in this one horse town he might be said to own the horse.

1977 Zigzag June 23/2 I've a new song..about a girl of sixteen trying to get out of a one horse town.

2000 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 32/3 Every one-horse town has a local paper and several TV channels.

Derivatives

one-ˈhorsey adj. rare = sense 2.

ΚΠ

1884 Liverpool Daily Post 15 Oct. 5/1 The first thing it is to do is to take possession of that ‘one-horsiest’ of railways, from the Dock Cottages to West Kirby, and to make it into a channel of communication fit for civilised men.

1999 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 1 July 17 We liked the little-towness of Englewood. It was very one-horsey, but I loved it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	one-horse
释义	one-horseadj. Brit. /ˈwʌnˌhɔːs/, U.S. /ˈwənˈhɔrs/ Forms: see one adj. and horse n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: one adj., horse n. Etymology: < one adj. + horse n. 1. Of a vehicle or machine: pulled or worked by a single horse. Also, of a person: having or using only one horse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [adjective] > drawn by horse > by specific number or arrangement of four-horseda1382 one-horse1734 four-horse1762 single-horse1764 two-horse1798 pair-horse1829 pair-horsed1896 1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 30 Nov. 2/1 To Be Sold a compleat one Horse-Chaise by Daniel Greene. 1751 S. Jenyns Mod. Fine Lady 8 Severely humbled to her One-horse Chair. 1795 W. Seward Anecd. (ed. 2) II. 367 He used to drive himself about the country in a one-horse chaise. 1800 C. Kemble Point of Honour 64 Ye of humbler sort, who take the air With loving spouse, wedg'd in a one-horse chair. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 295 The Deacon's Masterpiece: or the Wonderful ‘One-hoss-shay’. 1887 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 18 ‘One-horse farmers’..had to struggle with the inconvenience of borrowing and lending horses. 1902 Daily Chron. 29 Aug. 6/5 In one-horse [long-distance] rides of that kind. 1949 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 5 June 25/1 This group of poems..deal with the life on a one-horse, salt-water Maine farm. 1991 W. P. Kinsella Box Socials ii. vii. 105 Mrs. Bear Lundquist noted that there was a one-horse cutter parked in front of Flop Skalrud's horse barn. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Operated on a small scale; of small and limited resources or capacity; inferior, insignificant. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > on a small scale petit1442 petita1500 petty1552 small-scale1852 one-horse1853 one-horsey1884 petitea1886 small time1915 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial > types of little1440 one-horse1853 village pump1925 trivia1968 1853 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon Territory) 19 Nov. These one-horse meetings are got up by men whose capital consists in brass. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 300 I have seen a country-clergyman, with a one-story intellect and a one-horse vocabulary. 1883 E. E. Hale in Harper's Mag. Dec. 143/2 They have a one-horse sort of a tannery. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) x. iii. 322 He seemed to be well disposed toward me, but it was evident that he did not take my ‘one-horse’ establishment seriously. 1940 L. A. G. Strong Sun on Water 161 I was sick with I don't know what early summer passion in that one-horse store. 1969 L. Kennedy Very Lovely People i. 73 Their names were Homer and Arnold and they worked in a one-horse garage down a side street in Botafogo. 2000 Church Times 5 May 14/1 Chest pains and breathlessness in a one-horse Greek airport, with the temperature nudging 105. Compounds one-horse race n. a race in which only one of the horses competing is likely to win; (also in extended use) any contest, etc., in which there is only one probable winner. ΚΠ 1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xxiv. 135 ‘So I am type~cast as the loser?’ ‘It's a one-horse race,’ said Samantha. 1986 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 9 Nov. 68/2 There was another one-horse race last week, though this one was won by a ring-in from Arabia. 2001 PC Gamer Oct. 20/2 It's been looking increasingly like a one-horse race in recent times: nVidia have gone steaming ahead. one-horse town n. originally U.S. a small or rural town; a town where nothing important or exciting happens. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town > unimportant small town mudhole1784 toytown1816 Podunk1840 one-horse town1855 tank town1906 jerkwater1912 Hicksville1921 bumfuck1972 1853 Debow's Rev. Sept. 241 The principal mining localities are..Whiskey Creek, One Horse Town, One Mule Town, Clear Creek, [etc.].] 1855 Knickerbocker 46 106 ‘In this “one-horse town”,’ writes a Mobile friend, ‘as our New-Orleans neighbors designate it, [etc.].’ 1881 R. G. White Eng. Without & Within xxii. 518 But it was disheartening to come upon Stratford..and to find it more like a new ‘one-horse’ town in ‘America’,..than any place that I had seen in England. 1933 P. Fleming Brazilian Adventure iii. x. 378 Doctor Amyntas was the big noise; in this one horse town he might be said to own the horse. 1977 Zigzag June 23/2 I've a new song..about a girl of sixteen trying to get out of a one horse town. 2000 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 32/3 Every one-horse town has a local paper and several TV channels. Derivatives one-ˈhorsey adj. rare = sense 2. ΚΠ 1884 Liverpool Daily Post 15 Oct. 5/1 The first thing it is to do is to take possession of that ‘one-horsiest’ of railways, from the Dock Cottages to West Kirby, and to make it into a channel of communication fit for civilised men. 1999 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 1 July 17 We liked the little-towness of Englewood. It was very one-horsey, but I loved it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1734
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