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Horsy

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. horsy
    Pertaining or relating to or concerned with horses: as, horsy talk.
  2. horsy
    Characteristic of or peculiar to the horse: as, a horsy smell.
  3. horsy
    Fond of or interested in horses; especially, devoted to or interested in horse-racing or horse-breeding: as, horsy company.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Horsy
    of or pertaining to horses: devoted to horse racing or breeding
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. hors; Ice. horss, Old High Ger. hros (Ger. ross).

Usage in the news

Clip- Clop , Clippity- Clop : Kristen Johnston Saddles Up to Save the Horsies. observer.com

The Hickory Ridge development is built around an equine center, so potential buyers will likely belong to the horsy set. readthehook.com

Who Wants a Horsy Ride. nytimes.com

The Clydesdale horsies for Budweiser are the earliest memories. citybeat.com

Holiday horsy ride earns a smooch. seattletimes.nwsource.com

Usage in literature

He wore a horsy check suit and white spats, and his tie closely resembled a stock. "Tales of Chinatown" by Sax Rohmer

Mr. Tomwit had been a Confederate cavalryman in the Civil War, and there was still a faint breeze and horsiness about him. "Birthright" by T.S. Stribling

Then Gup, the kind horsie, took Dr. Possum safely back through the dark woods as straight as a string. "Buddy And Brighteyes Pigg" by Howard R. Garis

Faster and faster ran Munchie, and by this time the other little horsie was getting tired. "Uncle Wiggily's Adventures" by Howard R. Garis

The walls were ornamented with pictures cut from the American Sunday supplements, mostly feminine and horsy studies. "The Man with the Clubfoot" by Valentine Williams

Und we put a leedle bit of hay in our shoes for his good old horsie, Sleipner. "The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays" by Walter Ben Hare

And I want to kiss him for stopping the bad horsie that scared Mary. "The Boy from the Ranch" by Frank V. Webster

In each case the name alludes to a white mark, or what horsy people call a star. "The Romance of Names" by Ernest Weekley

There was the scent of the stables, a horsy smell that clung to Shady and which Breed could not understand. "The Yellow Horde" by Hal G. Evarts

He turned away, approaching a horsy-looking individual who stood near. "In the Mayor's Parlour" by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

Usage in poetry
Noo, the horsie's some tired, but the road's nae sae lang;
The sun comes na oot, but he's no in a fang:
The nicht's comin on, but hame's no far awa;
We hae come a far road, but hae payit for a'.
For ane has been wi' us—and sometimes 'maist seen,
Wha's cared for us better nor a' oor four e'en;
He's cared for the horsie, the man, and the wife,
And we're gaein hame to him for the rest o' oor life.