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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -stalking-horse-, *stalking-horse*
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อังกฤษ-ไทย: ศัพท์บัญญัติราชบัณฑิตยสถาน [เชื่อมโยงจาก orst.go.th แบบอัตโนมัติและผ่านการปรับแก้]
stalking-horseผู้สมัครเพื่อดึงคะแนน [รัฐศาสตร์ ๑๗ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔]

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
stalking-horse
stalking-horses

WordNet (3.0)
stalking-horse(n) a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
stalking-horse(n) screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
stalking-horse(n) a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Stalking-horse

n. 1. A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse under an affectation of simplicity and religion. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

How much more abominable is it to make of him [ Christ ] and religion a stalking-horse, to get and enjoy the world! Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

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