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COCKHORSE
cockhorse
(noun) anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
cockhorse (comparative more cockhorse, superlative most cockhorse)
Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
Noun
cockhorse (plural cockhorses)
(archaic) A child's rocking horse.
(obsolete) A high or tall horse.
Anagrams
• horse cock, horsecock
Source: Wiktionary
Cock"horse`, n.
1. A child's rocking-horse. Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.
2. A high or tall horse. [R.]
Cock"horse`, a.
1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; pround; upstart. Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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