twopeoplepretendinghumorouslyto be ahorsebydressinginspecialclothesandstandingone behind the other so that thefrontpersonappearsas the horse'sfronthalfand thepersonbehindformsthe backpart
We are left with the fetlocks of the backend of apantomimehorse.
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It will be thepantomimehorseof capitalism if it is anything at all.
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Indeed, his speech was to some extent apantomimehorse.
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We have the most extraordinarypantomimehorsein political history—one in which the front legs never communicate with the back legs.
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Their party is split from top to bottom, behaving like two halves of apantomimehorsewalking in opposite directions.
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It is apantomimehorsecalled duopoly, its head in a plutonium trough.
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We are concerned that the sub-committee will not hold to systematic views, but be apantomimehorsethat will try to face in both directions at once.
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In a previous stage adaptation, a version of apantomimehorsewas used, where two actors filled one costume, providing three arms and two heads between them.
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It was sometimes described as apantomimehorse: its back half, over which she presided, was required reading even for many who disliked the paper's politics.
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