Usually means: Reliable, enduring performers in tasks.
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  1. workhorses: Merriam-Webster
  2. workhorses: Collins English Dictionary
  3. workhorses: Vocabulary.com
  4. workhorses: Wordnik
  5. workhorses: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. workhorses: Wiktionary
  7. workhorses: Dictionary.com
  8. Workhorses: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. workhorses: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. workhorses: Encyclopedia

(Note: See workhorse as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (workhorse)

noun:  A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.
noun:  (by extension) Someone or something that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly.
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