The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HOSS which also is the latest solution we found used in Slate in 2002.
Oliver Wendell Holmes's "wonderful one-___ shay" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOSS | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Oliver Wendell Holmes's "wonderful one-___ shay"
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Crossword Answer definitions
HOSS noun- Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
- Equipment with legs.
- Type of equipment.
- A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
- An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
- (among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
- (among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
- Heroin (drug).
- A big, strong and respected or dependable person, usually a man; one who is large like a horse.
- (often capitalized) Term of address for a man.
- A car.
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