"horse tornado" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horse tornados [plural], horse tornadoes [plural]
Etymology: From horse + tornado. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|horse|tornado}} horse + tornado Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es}} horse tornado (plural horse tornados or horse tornadoes)
  1. (humorous) carousel Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-horse_tornado-en-noun-dWXkSA5W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "\"How much for the horse tornado?\" \"Sir, that's a carousel.\" \"I must have it...\"",
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          "ref": "2014, J.D. Frodsham, Fool's Mate, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Yevgenia was a liberated woman, so I had to depend for matinal nourishment on our rotund Russian housekeeper, Ninotchka Ivanova, a linguistic innovator of genius who normally arrived at seven a.m., bringing with her mistermed goodies like Bread Mushrooms (muffins), Cow Squirt (milk), Hen Poops (eggs), Pig Slice (bacon), or Yellow Greasy (butter), in a Stove Bowl (pot). She was late this morning, perhaps having sprained her Hand Ankle (wrist), hurt her arthritic Leg Hinge (knee), caught a Nose Shit (cold), missed her Wheel Tram (bus) or even stopped for a ride on a Horse Tornado (carousel), or to buy Cold Water with Corners (ice), so I had to get my own breakfast.",
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          "ref": "2017 July 17, Madison Medeiros, quoting Correct Names (@CorrectNames), “You'll Love This Account That Documents The \"Real Names\" Of Everyday Objects”, in Refinery29, Vice Media:",
          "text": "\"Horse tornado\" is so much more metal than \"carousel.\"",
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          "ref": "2018 May 14, Curtis Honeycutt, “Grammar Guy: Battle of the Latin abbreviations”, in Gaston Gazette:",
          "text": "Here's an example: Carmel's City Council recently removed funding for the mayor's $5 million carousel, i.e., one super-expensive horse tornado.",
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          "ref": "2018 May 29, Mark Joseph Sophia, “People Win While Renaming Popular Items With More Apt Descriptions”, in georgetakei.com, archived from the original on 2020-06-27:",
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