warhorsenoun
uk/ˈwɔː.hɔːs/us/ˈwɔːr.hɔːrs/warhorse noun (PERSON)
[ C ] informal an old and experienced politician, soldier, or athlete, especially one who is still active:
Manchester City's old warhorse, still fighting fit at 36, was sent off for fouling after half an hour.
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Experienced
- a man/woman of the world idiom
- cosmopolitan
- duck
- experienced
- grandmother
- leading hand
- old-timer
- pedigreed
- practised
- ridge
- sea dog
- seasoned
- sophisticated
- sophistication
- take to sth like a duck to water idiom
- teach your grandmother to suck eggs idiom
- urbane
- veteran
- world
- worldly-wise
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
warhorse noun (SHOW)
[ C usually singular ] often disapproving a piece of music, television show, play, or other performed piece of work that has often been performed or shown and is very famous:
I don't understand why a ballet company can't perform fresh new material instead of just bringing out the same old warhorses year after year.
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Spectacles & performances
- act
- amateur dramatics
- amateur theater
- barnstorm
- bullfight
- co-production
- command performance
- curtain-raiser
- double bill
- mano a mano
- performance
- performance art
- premiere
- Punch and Judy show
- pyrotechnics
- spot
- tableau
- talent contest
- theatricals
- variety
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