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workhorse
noun work·horse \ˈwərk-ˌhȯrs\
: a dependable person who does a lot of work
: a dependable machine or vehicle that is used to do a lot of work
Full Definition of WORKHORSE
1
: a horse used chiefly for labor as distinguished from driving, riding, or racing
2
a (1) : a person who performs most of the work of a group task (2) : a hardworking person b : something that is markedly useful, durable, or dependable c : horse 7
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First Known Use of WORKHORSE
1543
Rhymes with WORKHORSE
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, wheelhorse, Whitehorse
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