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wheelhorse
noun wheel·horse \ˈhwēl-ˌhȯrs, ˈwēl-\
Definition of WHEELHORSE
1
: a horse (as in a tandem) in a position nearest the wheels
2
: a steady and effective worker especially in a political body
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First Known Use of WHEELHORSE
1708
Rhymes with WHEELHORSE
clotheshorse, concourse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, dead horse, deforce, discourse, divorce, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, perforce, post-horse, racecourse, racehorse, recourse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, warhorse, Whitehorse, workhorse
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