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cock⋅horse

  [kok-hawrs]
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–noun
a child's rocking horse or hobbyhorse.
Origin:
1530–40; orig. father's leg, astride which child rides, from cock 1 in sense “projection” + horse
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cock·horse   (kŏk'hôrs')   
n.  

  1. Something used as a toy horse, such as the knee of an adult or a rocking horse.

  2. A horse added to a team of horses to assist a wagon through high water or over difficult terrain.


[Origin unknown.]
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