tackey

Definitions

1. A scrubby, neglected horse.
   Southern-US, US
2. A person in a similar condition.
   Southern-US, US

Examples

“Riding a small tackey[…], he was compelled continually to be on the look-out for, and defence against, the overhanging branches and vines clustering about the trees, through which his horse, in its own⟳ desire to clamber over the roots, continually and most annoyingly bore him.”

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