rocking horse
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rocking horse
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Set against the distant Blue Ridge Mountains, it depicts a favorite Southern activity—akin to her widely admired maple-sugaring paintings set up north—embellished with details like the tiny rocking horse on her front porch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
"My nana and grandad, who have passed away, used to have a rocking horse so I thought that would be a lovely memory for her tree."
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
She stacks up miniature versions of banal furnishings — a chair, a sofa, a rocking horse — glued one on top of the other.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Among them were original paintings, photographs from her childhood and an antique rocking horse that, according to family lore, Richard Nixon rode on as a baby.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2022
Kendra reached up into the hatch and felt around inside the hollow rocking horse.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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