DCHP-3

Red River horse

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

Originally, a wild pony, a mustang; later generalized in the West as a name for any horse, often with a derogatory or contemptuous connotation.

Quotations

1871
. . . a Red River cart is a very limited conveyance, and a Red River horse . . . an animal capable of wonders.