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hobby-horse

[hob-ee-hawrs]

hob·by·horse

[hob-ee-hawrs]
noun
1.
a stick with a horse's head, or a rocking horse, ridden by children.
2.
a figure of a horse, attached at the waist of a performer in a morris dance, pantomime, etc.
3.
a pet idea or project.

Origin:
1550–60; hobby1 + horse
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