"dead horse" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "The period of work on board ship for which the seamen have been paid in advance (usually a month's wages), the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks."
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        "(dated, nautical) The period of work on board ship for which the seamen have been paid in advance (usually a month's wages), the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks."
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          "word": "beat a dead horse"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        "uncountable",
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
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          "name": "Sauces",
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        "Tomato sauce."
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          "Tomato sauce",
          "tomato sauce"
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        "(Australia, rhyming slang) Tomato sauce."
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    },
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