crowbait
Horse nearly done
Crowbait is an old or worn-out horse, one so decrepit that crows might soon be picking at its carcass.
The term extends to any broken-down animal or, insultingly, to a person who looks ready to die: That old crowbait couldn't pull a plow if its life depended on it.
The word belongs to rural and Western American speech.
Pester repeatedly
- hackShortcut or breach
- plugSomething that blocks openings
- jadeCarved ornamental mineral
- old-timerLong-tenured person
geezer · codger · has-been · wreck · relic · fossil · derelict · castoff
Slaughtered animal's body
- corpseDeceased human body
- remainsContinues in place
- vultureCarrion-eating raptor
- buzzardSoaring carrion-eating raptor
scavenger · roadkill · offal · rotting · putrid · festering · maggots · flies
nag
Pester repeatedly
old-timer · geezer · codger · has-been · wreck · relic · fossil · derelict · castoff · reject
carcass
Slaughtered animal's body
buzzard · scavenger · roadkill · offal · rotting · putrid · festering · maggots · flies · stench
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
starved · underfed · malnourished · wasted · lean · haggard · shriveled · lank · cadaverous · famished
worn-out
Depleted through overuse
- broken-downDamaged beyond function
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
useless · worthless · haggard · wasted · spent · doddering · tottering · failing · faltering · infirm
crowbaitchampion
Top competitor, or advocate
prize · thoroughbred · purebred · show horse · stallion