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Horse trade   /hɔrs treɪd/   Listen
Horse trade

noun
1.
The swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining).  Synonym: horse trading.






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"Horse trade" Quotes from Famous Books



... fourth guard to wrangle the remuda, I sent Levering up the creek with my brother's horses and to recover our loaned saddle stock; even Bob Quirk was just thoughtless enough to construe a neighborly act into a horse trade. About two miles out from the creek and an equal distance from the trail, I found the best bed-ground of the trip. It sloped to the northwest, was covered with old dry grass, and would catch any vagrant breeze except an eastern one. The wagon was ordered into ...
— The Outlet • Andy Adams



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