worn-out+horse
31Harridan — Har ri*dan (h[a^]r r[i^]*dan), n. [F. haridelle a worn out horse, jade.] A worn out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. [1913 Webster] Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey …
32jade — {{11}}jade (n.1) ornamental stone, 1721, earlier iada (1590s), from Fr. le jade, error for earlier l ejade, from Sp. piedra de (la) ijada (1560s), stone of colic, pain in the side (jade was thought to cure this), from V.L. *iliata, from L. ilia… …
33screw — I. noun Etymology: Middle English scrue, from Middle French escroe female screw, nut, from Medieval Latin scrofa, from Latin, sow Date: 15th century 1. a. a simple machine of the inclined plane type consisting of a spirally grooved solid cylinder …
34Arthur Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank — Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank CMG DSO (27 March 1879 ndash; 5 December 1962)The 4th son of Montolieu Fox Oliphant Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank, he entered the British Army in 1898, and was Aide de Camp to the Lieut… …
35crock — crock1 /krok/, n. 1. an earthenware pot, jar, or other container. 2. a fragment of earthenware; potsherd. [bef. 1000; ME crokke, OE croc(c), crocca pot; c. ON krukka jug] crock2 /krok/, n. 1. a person or thing that is old, decrepit, or broken… …
36screw — screwable, adj. screwer, n. screwless, adj. screwlike, adj. /skrooh/, n. 1. a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, esp. by means of a screwdriver. 2 …
37jaded — ja|ded [ˈdʒeıdıd] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: jade to make (a horse) tired with too much work (17 19 centuries), from jade worn out horse (14 21 centuries)] someone who is jaded is no longer interested in or excited by something, usually… …
38hack — English has two distinct words hack. By far the older, ‘cut savagely or randomly’ [OE], goes back via Old English haccian to a prehistoric West Germanic *khak , also reproduced in German hacken and Dutch hakken. It perhaps originated in imitation …
39plug — I v To shoot someone. The body had been plugged twice. 1830s II n A worn out horse. I would be ashamed to put a plug like yours in a horse show. 1860s …
40nag — næg v. remind incessantly (especially of a chore); criticize relentlessly (of a fault or imperfection); pester; bother; be a persistent source of pain or nuisance n. one who nags, pest; overworked and worn out horse; pony, small leisure horse …
