palomino

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail

Borrowed from Spanish palomino, from paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + diminutive suffix -ino.

Henderson, whose style and drawl undoubtedly distinguished him from the B-school competition there like a white-maned palomino in a herd of draft horses (investment drones who wore a beeper on their belt and used "bottom-line" as a verb), surely found the place a fertile hunting ground. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover

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