WORKHORSE


Meaning of WORKHORSE in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Cunningham is the team's defensive workhorse .

The Boeing 707 used to be the workhorse of air travel.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But the real workhorse of the Galapagos operation was the tiny sub called the Alvin.

He was also a great admirer of the weapon: The M60 was a real workhorse .

Her strengths are her experienced pilots and her well-tested technology which make her a reliable workhorse .

She wants to be known as a workhorse and not a clothes horse.

The aircraft was the standard workhorse of Soviet medium-haul routes, a Tupolev 154 jet, six seats abreast.

The microcomputer which is usually recognized as the part with the keyboard on top is the workhorse of the system.

They are remarkably functional workhorses, two stroke, solid and very ugly.

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