Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something used to cover one's true purpose; a decoy.
- noun A sham candidate put forward to conceal the candidacy of another or to divide the opposition.
- noun A horse trained to conceal the hunter while stalking.
- noun A canvas screen made in the figure of a horse, used for similar concealment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horse, or a horse-like figure, behind which a fowler conceals himself on approaching game.
- noun Hence Anything put forward to conceal a more important object; a mask; a pretense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.
- noun Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- noun a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
- noun screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- noun something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
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Examples
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Dish had been competing with a group of distressed-debt investors holding TerreStar's bonds to be the so-called "stalking-horse bidder" in the auction that would set an opening bid others must top.
TerreStar Picks Dish to Open Bidding Mike Spector 2011
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Dish had been competing with a group of distressed-debt investors holding TerreStar's bonds to be the so-called "stalking-horse bidder" in the auction that would set an opening bid others must top.
TerreStar Picks Dish to Open Bidding Mike Spector 2011
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Borders hopes to soon select one of the suitors as a so-called stalking-horse bidder that would make an offer others must top in the bankruptcy auction, this person said.
Borders in Talks With Najafi Cos. Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011
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But Borders late Wednesday pivoted to naming the liquidators as the so-called "stalking-horse" bidder after creditors had objected to Mr. Najafi's bid.
Borders' Fate Hangs in Balance Mike Spector 2011
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Borders hopes to soon select one of the suitors as a so-called stalking-horse bidder that would make an offer others must top in the bankruptcy auction, this person said.
Borders in Talks With Najafi Cos. Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011
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Both are in talks to become a so-called "stalking-horse" bidder that would make an opening offer others must top in a looming bankruptcy-court auction.
TerreStar Bidders Circle Mike Spector 2011
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The Monarch-led group, also Blockbuster bondholders, offered $290 million for the movie-rental chain in February, a so-called stalking-horse bid that others had to top to win the company.
Dish Network Wins Blockbuster Mike Spector 2011
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The Monarch-led group, also Blockbuster bondholders, offered $290 million for the movie-rental chain in February, a so-called stalking-horse bid that others had to top to win the company.
Groups Jockey for Blockbuster Mike Spector 2011
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To capture the opening bid, or so-called stalking-horse spot, Phoenix investor Jahm Najafi 's firm beat out another private-equity investor, Alec Gores .
Opening Bidder Picked for Borders Auction Dennis K. Berman 2011
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Both are in talks to become a so-called "stalking-horse" bidder that would make an opening offer others must top in a looming bankruptcy-court auction.
TerreStar Bidders Circle Mike Spector 2011
qms commented on the word stalking-horse
Ernest took lessons in talking coarse
Until he could swear with shocking force.
It was one of his ploys
To seem one of the boys.
Profanity was his stalking-horse.
June 23, 2014
qms commented on the word stalking-horse
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June 23, 2014
Gammerstang commented on the word stalking-horse
(noun) - A horse, real or fictitious, by which a fowler screens himself from . . . game.
--James Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1855
January 16, 2018