a horse that competes, or is only good enough to compete, in a selling race
2.
a person or thing of limited ability or value
selling-plater in American English
(ˈselɪŋˌpleitər)
noun
a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse
Word origin
[1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, retread, seminar, upsweep, zoom
Examples of 'selling-plater' in a sentence
selling-plater
You'd say he was a selling-plater if you didn't know he had such a huge heart and inexhaustible lungs.