Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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stalking-horse | Yes | No | No | No |
horse | Yes | No | Yes | No |
stalking-horse (noun) | horse (noun) |
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a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times |
screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game | a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) |
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason | a framework for holding wood that is being sawed |
a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate | a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs |
troops trained to fight on horseback |
stalking-horse (verb) | horse (verb) |
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provide with a horse or horses |