shoo-inn.
North American.
1. In Horse Racing, a predetermined or ‘fixed’ race, or the winner of it. Hence loosely, a horse which is a certain winner.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race
wild-goose race1594
wild goose chase1597
bell-course1607
Palio1673
stake1696
paddock course1705
handicap1751
by-match1759
pony race1765
give and take plate1769
sweepstake1773
steeplechase1793
mile-heat1802
steeple race1809
welter1820
trotting-race1822
scurry1824
walkover1829
steeple hunt1831
set-to1840
sky race1840
flat race1848
trot1856
grind1857
feeler1858
nursery1860
waiting race1868
horse-trot1882
selling plate1888
flying milea1893
chase1894
flying handicap1894
prep1894
selling race1898
point-to-point1902
seller1922
shoo-in1928
daily double1930
bumper1946
selling chase1965
tiercé1981
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > that finishes in particular position > in fixed race
wrong 'un1889
shoo-in1928
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance
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
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > favourite
good thing1735
favourite1813
pea1888
cert1889
selection1901
nap1926
nap selection1927
stickout1930
shoo-in1950
1928 National Turf Digest (Baltimore) Dec. 929/2 A ‘skate’ is a horse having no class whatever, and rarely wins only in case of a ‘fluke’ or ‘shoo in’.
1937 Collier's 11 Sept. 11/3 Sharp Practice wins by so far it looks like as if he is a shoo-in.
1950 Sun (Baltimore) 1 June 22/4 Some horsemen wondered whether Chris Chenery's Virginia flyer would be such a shoo-in for the Belmont Stakes..after all.
1969 R. Lockridge Risky Way to Kill xii. 152 Got two hunters entered in the Ridgewood show... One of them doesn't like wet going... Figuring him to be pretty much of a shoo-in for the.. hunter championship.
2. transferred (esp. Politics). A certain or easy winner; a certainty, a ‘walk-over’.
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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition > easy
walkover1829
runaway1901
shoo-in1939
push-in1948
no contest1959
1939 News (San Francisco) 30 Jan. 15/5 (heading) Bear cagers appear shoo-in for southern division title.
1948 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 30 July 4/2 This type of registration might endanger their balloting in the local elections, where Democratic candidates are usually chosen on a ‘shoo-in’ basis.
1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xxv. 183 The rest was a shoo-in. The house dick nailed the room number, then waltzed down and checked the register.
1968 Economist 20 Jan. 29/1 Governor Rockefeller became the Republicans' leading presidential hopeful for 1964. The press thought him a shoo-in for the nomination.
1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Oct. 15/3 From then on, in spite of the fog, it [sc. the sailing] was a shoo-in.
1981 Time 13 May 68/1 If they gave a good sport Oscar, she would be a shoo-in.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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