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Answer for the clue "High-strung horse, e.g. ", 7 letters:
snorter

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Word definitions for snorter in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound something outstandingly difficult; "the problem was a real snorter" something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent; "a snorter of a sermon"; "the storm wasn't long ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who snorts. 2 (context informal English) something that is extraordinary or remarkable 3 (context UK informal English) something that is extremely difficult

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snorter \Snort"er\, n. One who snorts. (Zo["o]l.) The wheather; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]

Usage examples of snorter.

He had a conception of a malicious God, and believed in his secret soul that if God knew it was a desirable wind, God would promptly efface it and send a snorter from the west.

If it failed, and the snorter came from anywhere between south-west and north, back the Mary Rogers would be hurled and be no better off than she had been seven weeks before.

I ran into a real snorter of a foaling this morning -took me over two hours and I ache all over.

He stepped back outside, still holding the lantern high, and a snorter figure dressed all in black materialized out of the gloomy hold and stepped into the chain-locker.

Thus the theory of the whoopers and snorters of the cause, in its esoteric as well as in its public aspect, is unsound.

Thus the theory of the whoopers and snorters of the cause, in its esoteric as well as in its public aspect, is unsound.

I fairly flung myself up to the crease, and let go a perfect snorter, dead on a length but a good foot wide of the leg stump.

The framed short snorter bill that had cost him ten bucks on his trip to Mars.