one horse
/wʌn hɔrs/
adjective
- Small, unimportant, or limited in resources; often used to describe a small town or business.
- They grew up in a one-horse town where everyone knew each other.
- The company started as a one-horse operation in a garage.
- I wouldn't call it a city—it's more of a one-horse village.
- Pulled or powered by a single horse.
- In the parade, a one-horse carriage carried the mayor.
- The farmer drove a one-horse plow across the field.
- Before tractors, most farmers used a one-horse cart for transport.
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