A comic character in the form of a horse, played by two actors in one costume, one providing the front legs and operating the head, the other providing the back legs.
〈英〉（在童话剧中由两人合演的）滑稽马
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Some 150 people, many in costume, yesterday recreated a pagan sacrificial ritual - but using a pantomime horse, ‘sacrificed’ to bring good luck in the forthcoming year.
A pantomime horse will be gracing the winners' enclosure at York Races on Saunday to drum up support for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
At the Northwood military headquarters near London, two people dressed up as a pantomime horse with a mask of Bush on the head and Blair at the rear.
We could be mean and liken it to one of the charity pantomime horses that trots over the finishing line eight hours after the marathon was won.
If the plot allows, pantomime-writers also like to include an animal, cute like Jack Whittington's cat, or grotesque and funny inventions such as ‘Daisy the Cow,’ or a pantomime horse, visibly played by two humans.