Meaning of STALKING-HORSE
| Pronunciation: | | `stoking`hors
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- [n] a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- [n] screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- [n] something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
- [n] a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to mask the true candidate
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| | Synonyms: | | pretext |
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| | See Also: | | campaigner, candidate, concealment, cover, covert, dissembling, Equus caballus, feigning, horse, nominee, pretence, pretense, putoff, screen | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stalk"ing-horse\, n.
1. A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a
hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to
kill.
2. Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask;
a pretense.
Hypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse under an
affectation of simplicity and religion.
--L'Estrange.
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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