cow ponies

noun

plural of cow pony
as in quarter horses

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  1. mounts
  2. warhorses
Noun
  • The company has not yet announced where these complexes will be, but each one will likely feature four active launch mounts, Bhatt said on Monday night.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • London — Britain’s King Charles III will begin a tour of the Caribbean Tuesday as pressure mounts on Britain to apologize and pay reparations for its role in the slave trade.
    — Rupert Neate, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of mounts
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  • The race at Sepang saw old warhorses Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton show their class in challenging conditions.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Definition of warhorses
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“Cow ponies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cow%20ponies. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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