ride a horse foaled by an acorn
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English
40
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "You'll ride on a horſe that was foal'd of an acron. That is; the gallows."
- ""What ho, my kiddy!" cried Job, "don't be glimflashy; why you'd cry beef on a blater; the cove is a bob cull, and a pal of my own; and moreover, is as pretty a Tyburn blossom as ever was brought up to ride a horse foaled by an acorn.""
- "Fourteen, sir. No age to be riding a horse foaled by an acorn, I can tell you."
- "A sheep stealer, the mother told the child... and now the man twisted there, riding a horse foaled by an acorn, as the saying went, while the fat Welsh sheep in safety grazed the green pasture all around."