All 4 Uses of
thoroughbred
in
Gone with the Wind
- He admired the drawling elegance of the wealthy rice and cotton planters, who rode into Savannah from their moss-hung kingdoms, mounted on thoroughbred horses and followed by the carriages of their equally elegant ladies and the wagons of their slaves.†
Chpt 1.3
- I'd gladly give the horses free of charge if I knew they were going to be ridden by boys I know, gentlemen used to thoroughbreds.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- But they knew instinctively, as they knew thoroughbred horses from scrubs, that he was not of their class.†
Chpt 3.30
- Would I approve of breeding scrub stock to thoroughbreds?†
Chpt 4.40
Definition:
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(thoroughbred) an animal bred from the same breed -- especially a horse of high quality