squaw horse

West

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a quiet or spiritless cayuse.

Quotations

1954

He got an ancient, flea-bitten "squaw pony" for John. It had been relegated to that lowly estate because of lack of spirit and pokey gait.

1955

The horses of the Blackfoot . . . were sometimes termed "cayuses" or "squaw horses" by the white residents of the country.