Usually means: Reliable performer in heavy use.
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  1. workhorse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. workhorse: Merriam-Webster
  3. workhorse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. workhorse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. workhorse: Collins English Dictionary
  6. workhorse: Vocabulary.com
  7. Workhorse, workhorse: Wordnik
  8. workhorse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. workhorse: Wiktionary
  10. workhorse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. workhorse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. workhorse: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. workhorse: Dictionary.com
  14. workhorse: Rhymezone
  15. workhorse: FreeDictionary.org
  16. workhorse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. workhorse: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. workhorse: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. workhorse: Encyclopedia

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  1. workhorse: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See workhorses as well.)

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noun:  A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.
noun:  (by extension) Someone or something that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly.

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