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workhorse

work·horse

Today it means: A horse used primarily for manual labor: a draft horse (draught horse). Full definition →

Middle English werkehorse

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Middle English · inherited fromwerkehorse
English todayworkhorse

From Middle English werkehorse, equivalent to work + horse.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.