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selling-plater

[ sel-ing-pley-ter ]

noun

  1. a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.


selling-plater

noun

  1. a horse that competes, or is only good enough to compete, in a selling race
  2. a person or thing of limited ability or value
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of selling-plater1

First recorded in 1885–90

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