WARHORSES
Definition
WARHORSES is the plural of WARHORSE.
noun WARHORSE: a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition.
Examples
- “2006 Most important though is the fact that, for the first time in I can barely remember how long, the ROH mounts a new production of an Italian repertory warhorse that is fully on the level of the one it replaces [and indeed, in some respects, surpasses it] [...] we actually have a "Tosca". — Google group.”
- “"Srinath: India's warhorse" (headline from BBC News)”