workhorse
work·horse
noun \ˈwərk-ˌhȯrs\Definition of WORKHORSE
1
: a horse used chiefly for labor as distinguished from driving, riding, or racing
2
a (1) : a person who performs most of the work of a group task (2) : a hardworking person b : something that is markedly useful, durable, or dependable c : horse 7
See First Known Use of WORKHORSE
1543
Rhymes with WORKHORSE
clotheshorse, concourse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, dead horse, deforce, discourse, divorce, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, perforce, post-horse, racecourse, racehorse, recourse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, warhorse, wheelhorse, Whitehorse
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