one-horse \one"-horse`\, a.
1. Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a
one-horse carriage.
[1913 Webster]
2. Second-rate; inferior; small; as, a one-horse town.
[Slang, U.S.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
one-horse
adj : small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college";
"passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" [syn:
jerkwater, pokey, poky]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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