Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STALK'ING-HORSE
STALK'ING-HORSE, n.
A horse, real or factitious, behind which a fowler conceals himself from the sight of the game which he is aiming to kill; hence, a mask; a pretense. Hypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse, under an affectation of simplicity and religion. – L'Estrange.
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