English Explanatory Dictionary

send to the glue factory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To kill, usually a horse.
  2. To retire or remove from prominence, usually due to obsolescence, old age or injury.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-send to the glue factory.wav

Word forms

send to the glue factory sends to the glue factory sending to the glue factory sent to the glue factory

Etymology

Since glue was traditionally made by boiling down the hooves of a horse.

Synonyms

put down put to sleep put out to pasture
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