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Astor’s pet horse
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used in comparisons with a person, especially a women, who is over-dressed US, 1950- — Frederic G. Cassidy, Dicitonary of American Regional English, Volume 1, p. 101, 1985
- In the 1700s up pops John (Johannes) Jakob Astor (Asdour), who now has hotels, Astor Place, Astoria, the phrase “dressed up like Astor’s pet horse” and lots of stuff named for him. — New York Post, p. 14, 27 June 2003
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