Definition of Dead horse

1. Noun. (dated nautical) The period of work on board ship for which the seamen have been paid in advance (usually a month's wages) the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks. ¹

2. Noun. (Australia) rhyming slang for tomato sauce. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dead Horse

dead donkeys
dead drop
dead duck
dead ducks
dead end
dead ends
dead fingers
dead first
dead foetus syndrome
dead furrow
dead giveaway
dead hand
dead hand of the past
dead heat
dead heats
dead horse (current term)
dead ice
dead in the water
dead key
dead keys
dead language
dead languages
dead last
dead leg
dead letter
dead letter office
dead line
dead link
dead links
dead load

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