DCHP-3

shaganappi cayuse

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

1938
. . . between these two places there streamed a constant caravan of wagons drawn by shagganapi cayuses. . . .
1953
A shaganappi cayuse and rider broke through the willow thicket, splashed recklessly across the creek, and galloped up to him.