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weight for age en · ADV

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Handicapped according to the age of the racehorse competing (and certain other factors).
   • [H]e would merely have remarked on its elegant hocks and golden horn and suggested that she enter it weight for age at Flemington. 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 243:

Synonyms

WFA

weight for age en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A weight for age race.
   • "What did I say about Nightcap last week? Here he's won the Weight for Age at twelve to one." 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 140:

Synonyms

WFA