a horse apiece

Definitions

Synonym of six of one, half a dozen of the other

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Examples

“The Maior promiſed Sir John Horner and myſelf a horſe apiece, when we went to London to the parliament, which we accepted of; and we talked about the ſynod and eccleſiaſtical diſmiſſions.”

“"Surely Marleon is rich enough to keep⟳ them a horse apiece."”

“Spalding was furious. Feeling that his vision of launching a great cattle industry among the Nez Perces had been betrayed, he sentenced each Indian to a whipping and fined them a horse apiece, to be delivered to the mission.”

“That's how we got started. There was a Federal plan⟳ started at the same time we started. I went through it. It was a preliminary plan⟳. Some of the ideas in that book I didn't like⟳; but then, on the other hand, when they saw⟳ plan⟳ there were a few ideas they didn't like⟳ either. So, it's a horse apiece.”

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