one-horse

[ wuhn-hawrs, -hohrs ]

/ ˈwʌnˈhɔrs, -ˈhoʊrs /

using or having only a single horse: a one-horse carriage.

small and unimportant; limited: a one-horse town.

Origin of one-horse

First recorded in 1740–50

Sure, coincidences happen, but these guys make big cities look like one-horse villages.

‘Made in Chelsea’ Has a New York Moment |Tim Teeman |August 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The stone was loaded into one-horse dump carts, the driver taking one cart to the crusher while the other was being loaded.

Concrete Construction |Halbert P. Gillette
Every day, for a week, Mr. Chipperton hired a one-horse barouche, and he and his wife and daughter rode over the island.

A Jolly Fellowship |Frank R. Stockton
They plant the vines in rows, attached to stakes like espaliers, and they plough between with a one-horse plough.

Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume X |Various

He took to peddling with a one-horse wagon, as a business that would keep him in the open air and not tax his strength too much.

Scotch Wit and Humor |W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe
The marking is generally done with either a one-horse plow, a flat-soled marker, or a disk marker.

The Vegetable Garden |Anonymous

one-horse

drawn by or using one horse

(prenominal) informal small or obscure a one-horse town