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单词 cockhorse
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cockhorse

[ kok-hawrs ]
/ ˈkɒkˌhɔrs /
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noun

a child's rocking horse or hobbyhorse.

Origin of cockhorse

1530–40; originally father's leg, astride which child rides, from cock1 in sense “projection” + horse

Words nearby cockhorse

cockeyed bob, Cockeysville, cock feather, cockfight, cockfight chair, cockhorse, cockieleekie, cockiness, cockish, cockle, cockleboat
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Example sentences from the Web for cockhorse

  • That conqueror of circumstances will, the dullest soul may begin predicting, return on his cockhorse to favour and authority.

    Beauchamp's Career, Complete|George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for cockhorse

cockhorse
/ (ˌkɒkˈhɔːs) /

noun

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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