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What is a warhorse?

What is a warhorse? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armored knight.
  2. (music) A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed.
  3. An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service.
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Gorton rode into the Senate in 1980 on the heels of the Reagan landslide, defeating that old liberal warhorse, Warren Magnuson.
The visitors' skipper Mark Batty 69 and old warhorse Steve Dalby 44 set up the comfortable victory.
The old warhorse sensed the chipped concrete and flood-lights of home, it whinnied as it went, there was a flash of the old gadabout, a squirt of adrenaline.
He rode until his black warhorse stood beside Copper, grabbing her reigns so she could go no further toward Snowkeep.
Liverpool fan Nolan is looking forward to a likely showdown with warhorse Mark Hughes, who has been used in a deeper role by Blackburn recently.
And if he doesn't play in Melbourne, the 35-year-old pace warhorse certainly won't play in the third Test in Sydney, just days after the Melbourne Test.

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