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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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