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• n  machine that performs dependably under heavy use
  the IBM main frame computers have been the workhorse of the business world
• n  a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor

• When Oh retired and became a manager, that stubborn workhorse quality became counterproductive.
• Isak's beloved workhorse is dying, and his neighbor, his only friend, grows increasingly jealous of Folke's presence.
• Most of its workhorse look comes from its wide tailpipe and the wide air intake in its nose, which give it a chopped-off look.

News & Articles

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• Bennett at 86: luminous like no other
  He's an 86-year-old workhorse who has managed to outlive almost all of his contemporaries while sticking firmly to a classic pop-jazz style that hasn't been heard on Top 40 radio in decades.
  June 12, 2013 - The Oregonian
• Windows Surface RT Tablet: Still Not Ready for the Office
  Looking for a workhorse tablet? Here's why the competition still beats the Windows Surface RT. Microsoft has been betting big on its Surface RT tablet, a device I wanted to like . But it's not going well. IDC estimates that Microsoft sold about 900,000 units in the fourth quarter of last year. Yet, from January to March, the company sold only 200,000. Meanwhile, IDC estimates that Apple sold a ...
  June 11, 2013 - Inc Magazine
• 'The Challenge' Is Glorious Trash
  Oh lord. Lock up the booze and Scotchgard the couch, because another season of MTV's vomitously fun workhorse series The Challenge is headed our way. They've just released the trailer for the new season, and it looks like the usual belch of drunken squabbling and a hint of physical danger lurking in the air. Plus, y'know, the challenges and stuff. Which is great! Despite nearly everyone in the ...
  June 10, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Tommy Lasorda in International Herald Tribune
  He was a workhorse as a pitcher,Lasorda said. "Nobody alive today can throw a no-hitter in Colorado, and he did. He won the Rookie of the Year, and helped the Dodgers win the division in 1996. I know he will be inducted into the Japanese...
• Ed Wade in USA Today
  A healthy Mike Hampton has always been a workhorse on the club,Wade said. "Mike just finished the season with Atlanta having not missed a start down the stretch second half of the season, the last nine starts being very, very solid. So I...
• Bill Keller in International Herald Tribune
  When you watched her work - relentless on the phone, gnawing her fingernails to the nub, a perfectionist on the keyboard - you'd think: a workhorse, not a showhorse,said Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times. "Then you'd read...