readiern.
/ˈrɛdɪə/, U.S. /ˈrɛdiər/ Horse Racing slang. rare.
A horse which is deliberately prevented from winning one race in order to secure a handicap in another. Cf. ready v. 4a.
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lightweight1773
sticker1779
maiden1807
favourite1813
mile-horse1829
outsider1836
heavyweight1857
stayer1862
stoner1862
rank outsider1869
pick1872
pot1874
timer1881
resurrectionist1883
short head1883
pea1888
cert1889
stiffa1890
wrong 'un1889
on the mark1890
place horse1890
top-weight1892
miler1894
also-ran1895
selection1901
loser1902
hotpot1904
roughie1908
co-favourite1922
readier1922
springer1922
fav1935
scratch1938
no-hoper1943
shoo-in1950
scorer1974
1922 Daily Mail 3 Nov. 7 Undoubtedly the most noxious of all the species are the ‘in-and-outer’, the ‘readier’, and the ‘stumer’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1922- to put a person in the well
- to put a person in way of
- to put a person in wite
- to put a person into buttons
- to put a person into his, her place
- to put a person off her mettle
- to put a person off his mettle
- to put a person on a diet
- to put a person on a slow boat to china
- to put a person on guard
- to put a person on her mettle
- to put a person on his guard
- to put a person on his mettle
- to put a person on his or her honour
- to put a person on his trial
- to put a person on ice
- to put a person on the back foot
- to put a person on the spot
- to put a person out of commons
- to put a person out of her misery
- to put a person out of her pain
- to put a person out of his etc way
- to put a person out of his her way
- to put a person out of his misery
- to put a person out of his pain