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Found 2 items, similar to Stalking-horse.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stalking-horse
stalking-horse
n 1: a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to mask
the true candidate
2: something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that
is concocted in order to conceal the real reason [syn:
pretext]
3: screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a
hunter hides while stalking game
4: a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stalking-horse
Stalking-horse
\Stalk"ing-horse`\ (st[add]k"[i^]ng-h[^o]rs`), n.
1. A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a
hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to
kill.
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2. Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask;
a pretense.
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Hypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse under an
affectation of simplicity and religion.
--L'Estrange.
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How much more abominable is it to make of him
[Christ] and religion a stalking-horse, to get and
enjoy the world! --Bunyan.
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