hob|by|horse

hob|by|horse
hob|by|horse «HOB ee HRS», noun.
1. a stick with a horse's head, used as a child's plaything.
2. = rocking horse. (Cf.rocking horse)
3. a horse on a merry-go-round.
4. a) a figure of a horse, made of light material and fastened about the waist of a performer, especially in a morris dance or pantomime. b) the performer himself.
5. a hobby; favorite pastime or topic of conversation: »

This was the band of propagandists whose hobbyhorse had long been fighting the United Nations (Atlantic).

6. English bicycle of the early 1800's.
7. Obsolete. a) a foolish fellow; buffoon. b) a lewd person.
[Middle English hobby, earlier hobyn small horse + horse]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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