cockhorse
[ kok-hawrs ]
noun
a child's rocking horse or hobbyhorse.
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How to use cockhorse in a sentence
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.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) | Augustus De MorganThat conqueror of circumstances will, the dullest soul may begin predicting, return on his cockhorse to favour and authority.
Beauchamp's Career, Complete | George MeredithHe asked if I should like to ride a-cockhorse there with him.
Love and Life | Charlotte M. Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for cockhorse
cockhorse
/ (ˌkɒkˈhɔːs) /
noun
another name for rocking horse, hobbyhorse
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