|
|
Definition of Horse-trade
1. Verb. Negotiate with much give and take. "Sam wants to horse-trade with Sue "
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horse-trade
Literary usage of Horse-trade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... surveying the judge's animal, set down his sawhorse and exclaimed : " Well,
judge, this is the first time I ever got the worst of it in a horse trade. ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"A circumstance, that would render the extension of these restraints to the horse-
trade more smooth and easy, is, that in the one track as well as in the ..."
Other Resources:
