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Percheron

noun
1.
One of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery.





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"Percheron" Quotes from Famous Books



... Grecian coil. I received $150 once for addressing a race-track one mile in length on "The Use and Abuse of Ensilage as a Narcotic." I made the gestures, but the sentiments were those of the four-ton Percheron ...
— Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) • Bill Nye
... I hired of a quiet young fellow about thirty-five years of age, who kept a very neat livery stable there, a sort of victoria and a big Percheron horse, with fetlock whiskers that reminded me of the Sutherland sisters. As I was in no hurry I sat on the iron settee in the cool court of the livery stable, and with my arm resting on the shoulder of the proprietor I spoke of the crops and asked if ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) • Various


Words linked to "Percheron" :   draft horse, dray horse, draught horse


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