one-horse

Speech parts

1. one-horse - Adjective

2. one-horse - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.

Second-rate; inferior; small.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

one horse

Synonyms

pokey poky jerkwater small little sleepy dead minor slow slight provincial trivial petty insignificant worthless
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Examples

Putin is a one-horse country. Ben Carson

In fact, as they will be delighted to tell you, Taunton is no longer a one-horse town these days, they have a bicycle as well. Tom Holt

It must be a real one-horse town.” Auger shook her head as she lit a cigarette. "It has wild ambitions of becoming a one-horse town. Alastair Reynolds

This poor little one-horse town. Mark Twain

My dad was an immigrant kid and a Democrat and a Jew, and we didn't know any Republicans in our group. So I grew up Democratic. My dad was a labor lawyer - a very hardworking guy, a one-horse labor lawyer - and then I went to hippie college and lived in the bubble. David Mamet

Los Angeles is a one-horse town. It's entirely driven by the entertainment business and that's what it is. Jason Priestley

Close letter words and terms

one-horned beast one-horned creature one-horned horse one-horse carriage one-horse lawyer one-horse race