woods colt

woods colt

A child born to unmarried parents. A reference to the offspring of a horse that breeds accidentally. A: "His parents weren't married when he was born? So he's a woods colt?" B: "So what if he is? Why does that matter?"
See also: colt, wood
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • wrong side of the blanket
  • parentally challenged
  • born out of wedlock
  • wedlock
  • wrong side of the blanket, born on the
  • born on the wrong side of the blanket
  • be born that way
  • be/be born/be made that way
  • born and bred
  • bred