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one horse doesn't wear two saddles

  1. numeral
    one
    one; the number 1; single; alone
  2. horse
    horse; any animal of the horse family; large mammal used for riding, pulling carts, or farm work
  3. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  4. to straddle
    to straddle with one leg on each side; to bestride; to ride
  5. two
    two; used before most measure words, with the number ten, or with large units like thousand or ten thousand; also used for things that come in pairs
  6. ān noun
    saddle
    (bound form) saddle; a seat or pad used for riding or carrying loads on the back of horses, mules, or other pack animals