coach horse

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Agricultural horses of good quality are bred in the north, and saddle and coach horses may be met with at the fairs.

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She still kept in the Arms stable a pair of thoroughbred coach horses for her own use.

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Ventry had taken off his hat and scratched his grizzled thatch when he saw a young, baldy-faced gelding in the paddock with the other coach horses that evening.

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Also on the list is the devil’s coach horse.

From BBC

Cale gave them right of way; Pierre swore great French oaths wholly disproportionate to the occasion, for the outrush of the dogs caused the French coach horses to plunge only twice.

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