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one-horse town [ˌwʌnˈhɔ:s, Am -ˈhɔ:rs] N

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It wasn't even your proverbial one-horse, one-shop, one-church, one-pub parish.
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In short, the day was dangerously close to being a one-horse show.
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He took some interest in agriculture, as in 1796, he invented a new one-horse cart.
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The point is that this is no longer a one-horse race.
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And how much security does one need in a one-horse town, anyway?
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When it comes to the question of which studio is going to dominate 2015, it's looking like a one-horse race.
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Outside the house, at the foot of a tree, he noticed a heap of amputated feet, legs, arms, hands, etc. -about a load for a one-horse cart.
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A smaller and more lightly constructed version of the one-horse shay is called a chair or whiskey because it can whisk around other carriages and pass them quickly.
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Our cook and baggage traveled in a one-horse, springless vehicle called an ekka.
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There is a brougham, a 19th-century gentleman's light one-horse carriage.
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