horsetrading

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horsetrading

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From horse + trading.

noun horse trading · horse-trading

  1. idiomatic, uncountable Informal negotiating, especially when complex or clever in nature. Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.

verb horse trading · horse-trading

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of horsetrade

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@misc{horsetrading_2026,
  title = {horsetrading},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horsetrading},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}