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workhorse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun workhorse has 2 senses
- workhorse(n = noun.artifact) Array - machine that performs dependably under heavy use; "the IBM main frame computers have been the workhorse of the business world" is a kind of machine
- workhorse(n = noun.animal) Array - a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor; Array is a kind of equus caballus, horse
has particulars: plough horse, plow horse, draft horse, draught horse, dray horse, packhorse, dobbin, farm horse
THESAURUS
workhorse
beast of burden, bidet, buck, carriage horse, cart horse, cavalry horse, draft horse, dray horse, driving horse, drudge, fag, fill horse, filler, galley slave, gigster, greasy grind, grind, grub, hack, hackney, horse, hunter, jument, lead, leader, mount, pack horse, palfrey, peon, plodder, plow horse, pole horse, polo pony, post-horse, remount, rider, riding horse, road horse, roadster, rouncy, saddle horse, saddler, sawbuck, shaft horse, slave, slavey, slogger, stalking-horse, sumpter, sumpter horse, swot, thill horse, thiller, toiler, trestle, wheeler, wheelhorse
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