The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (607 page)

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One WHITE foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; three white feet, look well about him; four white feet, go without him
A horse-dealing proverb.
1882
Notes & Queries
6th Ser. V. 427
One white foot—buy him. Two white feet—try him. Three white feet—look well about him. Four white feet—go without him.
1957
Folklore of Maine
iv.
One white foot, buy him. Three white feet, try him. Three white feet, deny him. Four white feet and a slip in his nose, take him out and feed him to the crows.
buying and selling
;
horse lore

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