| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HORSE-PLAY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: Similarly hoarse, having a rough voice from inflammation of the throat; gorse, a rough, prickly plant; goose-berry, a rough berry; goose-grass, the grass whose leaves are rough with hair, etc. 2: Horse-play Rough play. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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