cockhorse Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult)
WordNet
Cock"horse` noun
Definitions
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A child's rocking-horse. Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.
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A high or tall horse. R.
Cock"horse` adjective
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Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse. -
Lofty in feeling; exultant; pround; upstart. Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.