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Prancer

Prancer \Pran"cer\, n. A horse which prances.

Then came the captain . . . upon a brave prancer.
--Evelyn.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
prancer

1560s, originally thieves' slang for "a horse," agent noun from prance (v.).

Wiktionary
prancer

n. A person or animal (especially a horse) that prances

WordNet
prancer

n. a mettlesome or fiery horse

Wikipedia
Prancer

Prancer may refer to:

  • Prancer (film), the 1989 motion picture
  • One of Santa Claus's reindeer, as named in "The Night Before Christmas"
  • Tartan Prancer, fictional vehicle featured in 2015 movie Vacation
Prancer (film)

Prancer is a 1989 family film starring Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman and Rebecca Harrell and was directed by John D. Hancock. It is set in Three Oaks, Michigan, where town exteriors were filmed. Filming also occurred at the Old Republic House in New Carlisle, Indiana, La Porte, Indiana, and at Starved Rock State Park in Utica, Illinois.

The film was followed on November 20, 2001 by Prancer Returns, a direct-to-video sequel released by USA Home Entertainment for VHS and DVD. It was released on DVD by MGM Home Video with several repackagings in 2003 and 2004, and a new one on October 7th, 2014.

Usage examples of "prancer".

One Sunday he rubbed shoulders with slim-hipped gay-pride prancers, the next weekend he got jiggy beside a big-assed Puerto Rican girl wearing her national flag as a bra.

Maxil whirled me away among a sudden knot of drunken prancers, back toward the beverage table where we had last seen Stannall.

Could I but lay hands upon one of those gay prancers yonder, I doubt not that I should have ransom enough from him to buy my mother a new cow.