COCKHORSES

Noun

cockhorses

plural of cockhorse

Anagrams

• horse cocks, horsecocks

Source: Wiktionary


COCKHORSE

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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