dead 'un

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A horse that will not run or will not try in a race, and against which money may be safely wagered. archaic,slang
    — If this is the way lotteries are to be conducted, the unfortunate backers are worse off than when they confide themselves to the tender mercies of the "howling dervishes" of the "ring at home," who, if they do occasionally serve up a "dead 'un" rather "warm", are yet amenable to racing law, which one can depend on being rightly administered by competent people.

词形变化

dead 'uns plural
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