About The Word Stalking-horse
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Stalking-horse
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What's The Definition Of Stalking-horse?
[n] a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
[n] screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game [n] something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason [n] a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to mask the true candidate Synonyms | Synonyms for Stalking-horse: pretext Related Terms | Find terms related to Stalking-horse: See Also | campaigner | candidate | concealment | cover | covert | dissembling | Equus caballus | feigning | horse | nominee | pretence | pretense | putoff | screen Stalking-horse In Webster's Dictionary \Stalk"ing-horse\, n.
1. A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a
hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to
kill.
2. Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask;
a pretense.
Hypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse under an
affectation of simplicity and religion.
--L'Estrange.
How much more abominable is it to make of him
[Christ] and religion a stalking-horse, to get and
enjoy the world! --Bunyan.
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