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Date "HORSE-PLAY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)

Specialty Definition: HORSE-PLAY

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Literature1: 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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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