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Definition of Rocking horse
1. Noun. A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride.
Definition of Rocking horse
1. Noun. a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocking Horse
Literary usage of Rocking horse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memories of a Musical Career by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1919)
"... ROCKING-HORSE — BREAD AND HONEY THE first event in my life that I remember
vividly was being taken by my mother to our druggist to have a tooth pulled. ..."
2. The Young Mother: Or, Management of Children in Regard to Health by William Andrus Alcott (1838)
"With small wooden cubes—pictures—shuttlecock—the rocking horse—tops and
marbles—backgammon—checkers—morris—dice—ninepins—skipping the rope—trundling the ..."
3. Manual of Natural Education by Winifred d'Estcourte Sackville Stoner (1916)
"rocking horse.—A rocking horse is useful to give the baby some notion of how to
become an equestrian in leaping on the horse and in sitting erect and ..."
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