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trotter

noun C2
  1. One who trots.
  2. In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on opposite sides take a step together alternating with the other set of opposite legs; as opposed to a pacer.
  3. The foot of a pig, sheep, or other quadruped, especially when prepared as meat. · grange cookbook recipes for trotters
  4. A person's foot. (slang)

Plural trotters

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At three in the morning the chief Sussex detective, obeying the urgent call from Sergeant Wilson of Birlstone, arrived from headquarters in a light dog-cart behind a breathless trotter.
The Valley of Fear, p. 33 · C1

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