workhorse
See also: work horse
English
Alternative forms
- work horse
Etymology
From work + horse.
Pronunciation
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Noun
workhorse (plural workhorses)
- A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.
- Synonyms: (Britain, dialectal, one sense) aver, draft horse
- (by extension) Anyone or anything that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly.
- Those old machines are not very glamorous, but even 20 years after their introduction, they are still the workhorses of the industry.
- 2018 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Spain 2-3 England”, in BBC Sport:
- Captain Harry Kane was the workhorse and creator, while Sterling and Rashford provided the finishing flourishes that put England in dreamland at the interval.
Translations
horse used primarily for work
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anyone that does a lot of work
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See also
- powerhouse
- warhorse
- wheelhorse
- wheelhouse
Further reading
- “workhorse”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary