horseshit

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horseshit

1. n. the dung of the horse. (Usually objectionable.) After the parade, the street was littered with horseshit.
2. n. nonsense; bullshit. (Usually objectionable.) I’ve heard enough of your horseshit!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • road apple
  • horsefeathers
  • Horsefeathers!
  • bullshitter
  • bull
  • martin
  • all my eye
  • all my eye (and Betty Martin)
  • betty
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