"Horsegate" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: horse + -gate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|horse|gate}} horse + -gate Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Horsegate
  1. (informal) A 2013 scandal in which it emerged that several large British supermarket chains were selling equine meat in products claimed to be 100% beef. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-Horsegate-en-name-DS-NlKlN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -gate

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