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WARHORSE
warhorse
(noun) horse used in war
warhorse
(noun) a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition
veteran, old-timer, oldtimer, old hand, warhorse, old stager, stager
(noun) an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
warhorse (plural warhorses)
(historical) Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armored knight.
• As he spoke, the knight-errant, who had remounted his warhorse, galloped forward to the royal stand, with a silken kerchief bound round his wounded arm. — Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company, Chapter 26.
(theater, music) A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed.
• "Srinath: India's warhorse" (headline from BBC News)
Source: Wiktionary
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THOUGHTFULLY
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
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