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Thoroughbred

noun

A well-bred person.

A racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares.

A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses. Synonyms: pureblood, purebred.

adjective

Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal. Synonyms: pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded.

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... the crowd rapidly subsided. Carker spoke to them calmly, explaining that the two young men who had brought his speech to such a sudden termination were his bosom comrades of old times, even thought they might not be thoroughbred socialists. ...

— Frank Merriwell's Son - A Chip Off the Old Block • Burt L. Standish

... as the moment's alarm had subsided, And the oath with which nothing can find unprovided A thoroughbred Englishman, safely exploded, Lord Alfred unbent (as Apollo his bow did Now and then) his erectness; and looking, not ruder Than such inroad would warrant, survey'd the intruder, Whose arrival so nearly cut short in his glory My hero, and ...

— Lucile • Owen Meredith

... ferry-house were inexorably shut against them when at last Maitland brought the big machine to a tremulous and panting halt, like that of an over-driven thoroughbred. And though they perforce endured a wait of fully fifteen minutes, neither found aught worth saying; or else the words wherewith fitly to clothe their thoughts were denied them. The girl seemed very weary, and sat ...

— The Brass Bowl • Louis Joseph Vance

... have seen the swift flood of worship that flowed into his face, she would have felt no scorn. She was of the cities, caste had hardened her as far as it could harden one of her nature, she was a thoroughbred to the last inch, used to flattery and the attentions of men of her own class; yet she would have held no contempt for this tall, bronzed man that looked at her with such awe and wonder. The surge ...

— The Snowshoe Trail • Edison Marshall

... lay a large ranch of a different appearance from those others which we had passed. Those past were cattle ranches, with stock on the open range, and with little ground fit for cultivation, owing to the elevation. Here we found great, broad acres, fenced and cultivated, with thoroughbred stock—horses and cattle—contentedly grazing. ...

— Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico • E. L. Kolb

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