Concept information
Término preferido
dark horse candidate
Definición
- ORIGINATING IN 1831, “dark horse” first appeared within Benjamin Disraeli's three-volume novel The Young Duke. Disraeli employed the term to describe the unexpected finish of a horse race: The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse, which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Dark Horse Candidate]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GCPV2BXM-P
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