cockhorse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cockhorse
1530–40; originally father's leg, astride which child rides, from cock 1 in sense “projection” + horse
Example Sentences
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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.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
Yes, Mischief, Goddess multiform, Whene'er thou, witch-like, ridest the storm, Let Stanley ride cockhorse behind thee— No livelier lackey could they find thee.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael
Away then went those pretty babes, Rejoicing at that tide, Rejoicing with a merry mind, They should on cockhorse ride.
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
We met a consort of fiddle-de-dees; We set them a cockhorse, and made them play The winning of Bullen, and Upsey-fires, And away to Tewin, away, away!
From Waverley by Scott, Walter, Sir
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