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Definition of Racehorses
1. racehorse [n] - See also: racehorse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Racehorses
Literary usage of Racehorses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England from the Earliest Times to the by Stephen Dowell (1888)
"The taxes that have been imposed in this country on racehorses and racers differ
in their history from the tax on saddle and carriage horses. ..."
2. Reminiscences and Opinions of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, 1813-1885 by Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (1887)
"... the Crown—London amusements—Lady Davy at Stafford House—My first tour—Old
English racehorses—Proposed alteration in the conditions of a Queen's plate. ..."
3. Reminiscences and Opinions of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle by Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (1887)
"... the Crown—London amusements—Lady Davy at Stafford House—My first tour—Old
English racehorses—Proposed alteration in the conditions of a Queen's plate. ..."
4. Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill (1908)
"Amongst engraved portraits of racehorses after Sawrey Gilpin, Highflyer by F.
Jukes, Jupiter and Sir Peter Teazle by W. Ward, are of some interest. ..."
5. Antipodean Notes Collected on a Nine Months' Tour Round the World by Elim Henry D'Avigdor (1888)
"racehorses. THERE has recently been some discussion in English sporting papers
on the comparative merits of our own racehorses and of their cousins of ..."
6. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury (1893)
"... Park Stud of racehorses—Eltham Church—Well Hall—Lee - Lewisham— Hither Green,
Catford, and Ladywell—Loam Pit Hill—New Cross—Royal Naval Schools—Hatcham. ..."
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