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horseshoe

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1. horseshoe - Noun

2. horseshoe - Verb

Meaning

A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.

Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.

The Limulus of horsehoe crab.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm. James Thomas Fields

It's so fun to do theater, because as opposed to television, you just keep doing it again and again and again - every night. Sometimes it lands beautifully, and sometimes it lands just beside of it. It's like throwing a horseshoe. It's great fun. Missi Pyle

he has lost the horse, but is looking for the horseshoe. Persian Proverb

The horseshoe that clatters wants a nail. Spanish Proverb

One stroke on the nail and a hundred on the horseshoe. Spanish Proverb

Hit the nail and you hit the horseshoe. Cypress Proverb

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