English Explanatory Dictionary

dead horse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Tomato sauce.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 dead horse.ogg

Word forms

dead horse dead horses

Related words

beat a dead horse flog a dead horse
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