Crossword-Solution: THOROUGHBRED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Thoroughbred | a. | Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like. |
| Thoroughbred | n. | A thoroughbred animal, especially a horse. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “THOROUGHBRED”
| Clue | Answers |
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| pure breed | 1 answer |
| a well-bred person | 1 answer |
| Kentucky quarter back | 1 answer |
| Pedigreed | 3 answers |
| bloodstock | 5 answers |
| steeplechaser | 5 answers |
| Purebred | 6 answers |
| Racehorse | 9 answers |
| timekeeper | 13 answers |
| GOOD breeding stock (pert. to) | 14 answers |
| Repeater? | 20 answers |
| Pedigree | 28 answers |
| hunter | 35 answers |
| Unmixed | 38 answers |
| PERSON of distinction | 52 answers |
| horse breed | 57 answers |
| Noble | 82 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with THOROUGHBRED (5)
Add to the foregoing that she carried her head as upright as a dart, in a dashing, spirited, thoroughbred way—that she had a clear voice, with a ring of the right metal in it, and a smile that began very prettily in her eyes before it got to her lips—and there behold the portrait of her, to the best of my painting, as large as life! And what about her disposition next? Had this charming creature no faults? She had just as many faults as you have, ma’am—neither more nor less.
And one was there, a stripling on a small and weedy beast, He was something like a racehorse undersized, With a touch of Timor pony -- three parts thoroughbred at least -- And such as are by mountain horsemen prized.
Thurston: Thou knave Of a page, dost thou wish me the colic to have? Orion (aside): That clown is a thoroughbred Saxon.
Osterman, in marvellous riding clothes of English pattern, galloped up and down upon his best thoroughbred, cracking jokes with everybody, chaffing, joshing, his great mouth distended in a perpetual grin of amiability.
This Lizzie was a bright bay mare, almost thoroughbred, and a great favorite with the gentlemen, on account of her fine action and lively spirit; but Ginger, who knew more of her than I did, told me she was rather nervous.
Quotes with THOROUGHBRED (3)
Once upon a time, before the boys were killed and when there were more horses than cars, before the male servants disappeared and they made do, at Upleigh and at Beechwood, with just a cook and a maid, the Sheringhams had owned not just four horses in their own stable, but what might be called a 'real horse', a racehorse, a thoroughbred. Its name was Fandango. It was stabled near Newbury. It had never won a damn thing. But is was the family's indulgence, their hope for fame a…
When the solution to a given problem doesn’t lay right before our eyes, it is easy to assume that no solution exists. But history has shown again and again that such assumptions are wrong. This is not to say the world is perfect. Nor that all progress is always good. Even widespread societal gains inevitably produce losses for some people. That’s why the economist Joseph Schumpeter referred to capitalism as “creative destruction.” But humankind has a great capacity for findin…
I never heerd... nor read of nor see in picters, any angel in tights and gaiters... but... he's a reg'lar thoroughbred angel for all that.
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Appears in: Newsday.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2005).