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View synonyms for cockhorse

cockhorse

[ kok-hawrs ]

noun

  1. a child's rocking horse or hobbyhorse.


cockhorse

/ ˌkɒkˈhɔːs /

noun

  1. another name for rocking horse hobbyhorse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cockhorse1

1530–40; originally father's leg, astride which child rides, from cock 1 in sense “projection” + horse
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Example Sentences

Away then went those pretty babes, Rejoicing at that tide, Rejoicing with a merry mind, They should on cockhorse ride.

Ride a cockhorse, to Banbury Cross, To see little Jenny upon a white horse.

Mr. Flamsteed has come in, and says he left Sir Isaac riding cockhorse upon the nebula, and poring over it as if it were a book.

Ride a cockhorse to Banbury-cross To see an old lady upon a white horse, Rings on her fingers, and bells on her toes, And so she makes music wherever she goes.

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