one-horse
adjective
1
: drawn or operated by one horse
2
: small, small-time
… the only way a lot of kids stuck in one-horse towns know that they can find life-changing fame and fortune is on the stage.—
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Each table is decorated with a snowman candle holder to drive the theme home on a one-horse open sleigh.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
The contest was effectively a one-horse race, with Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), a political behemoth with a vast war chest, facing no viable opponent after a ruthless, years-long crackdown on its rivals.
—Reuters, CNN, 23 July 2023
Unfortunately, a ruling from a one-horse federal courtroom in Texas reminds us that there’s almost an endless supply of those litigants and the judges who run with them.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
The contest was effectively a one-horse race, with Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), a political behemoth with a vast war chest, facing no viable opponent after a ruthless, years-long crackdown on its rivals.
—Reuters, CNN, 23 July 2023
Unfortunately, a ruling from a one-horse federal courtroom in Texas reminds us that there’s almost an endless supply of those litigants and the judges who run with them.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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“One-horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-horse. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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