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Dark Horse

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What does Dark Horse mean?

noun

  1. Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.
  2. A candidate for an election who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice.
  3. A horse whose capabilities are not known.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, horse.
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I had never heard of Jazz in those days: Jazz was decidedly a dark horse.
James J. (James John) DavisThe Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ItProject Gutenberg ebook #1297