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Horsegate
Horsegate can either mean:
- The News International phone hacking scandal based on the revelation that British Prime Minister David Cameron had ridden a horse loaned to former News of the World editor, Rebekah Brooks by the Metropolitan Police.
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- The 2013 horse meat contamination scandal – Horsegate was one of the names given to the 2013 meat scare, in which horsemeat was found in prepared frozen meat products and ready meals that were said to contain beef. Also known as the " Horsemeatgate" and " Findusgate", after the one of the companies that made the ready meals.
Usage examples of "horsegate".
He took the easiest route toward Temple Fair and the Aretoneia, down the broad expanse of the Horsegate Road to the Horsefair itself.
Devynck his notice, was planning to move to the Green Bell on the Horsegate as soon as possible.
By the time they topped the last long hill that led down to the city, the steep slate roofs rising like a stone forest from the paler stones of the houses, the royal residence sitting on its artificial hill to the north as though it floated above the ordinary world, they could see the crowds gathering along the Horsegate Road.
Two days gone, five of our own people were found in the night trying to saw through the hinges of a horsegate.