horsy adjective. ['hɔ:si] Also horsey. L16.
[from HORSE noun + -Y¹.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a horse or horses. L16.
■ X. Herbert Soon he heard a horsy snort and clink of hobbles.

2. Concerned with or devoted to horses or horse-racing; affecting the dress and language of a groom or jockey. M19.
■ P. Levi Horsy people and hunting people seem to many of my friends painfully conventional.

3. Of a mare: in heat, ready to mate. L19.

■ horsily adverb L19.

■ horsiness noun M19.

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