One-horse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  one-horse \one"-horse`\, a.
     1. Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a
        one-horse carriage.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Second-rate; inferior; small; as, a one-horse town.


        [Slang, U.S.]
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  one-horse
       adj : small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college";
             "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" [syn:
             {jerkwater}, {pokey}, {poky}]