1 example sentence using stalking-horse.
Stalking-horse used in a sentence
Stalking-horse in a sentence as a noun
They don't just want to be a stalking-horse for a counter-offer from your current-employer, or your fall-back if another slower process falls through. How much time would you want to take to decide, and what new information would you have after that much time goes by?
Stalking-horse definitions
noun
a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
noun
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
See also: pretext
noun
screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
noun
a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game