Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wooden horse mounted on rockers for the recreation of children; a hobby-horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The figure of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children to ride.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
rocking horse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
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Examples
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When one's hair can rise no further, a final statement of the gallop theme brings us to the closing phrases of the work, with a rocking-horse series of E-major and B-major chords, a last powerful descent of those noble trombones, and a rousing tutti flourish to crown the ending in triumph.
The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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The little plaintiff or defendant who was promised a new rocking-horse when Jarndyce and Jarndyce should be settled has grown up, possessed himself of a real horse, and trotted away into the other world.
Jarndyce and Jarnyce transplanted to Italy Not a sheep 2009
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Then he leaned forward, and the mare rose into a rocking-horse canter.
Silence and Stone Kathleen Duey 2010
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Before it made games, Namco was a small Tokyo company, founded in 1955 and offering electronic rocking-horse kiddie rides at department stores.
Pac-Man hits 30 without losing its way Harold Goldberg 2010
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Then he leaned forward, and the mare rose into a rocking-horse canter.
Silence and Stone Kathleen Duey 2010
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Before it made games, Namco was a small Tokyo company, founded in 1955 and offering electronic rocking-horse kiddie rides at department stores.
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Before it made games, Namco was a small Tokyo company, founded in 1955 and offering electronic rocking-horse kiddie rides at department stores.
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Before it made games, Namco was a small Tokyo company, founded in 1955 and offering electronic rocking-horse kiddie rides at department stores.
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Before it made games, Namco was a small Tokyo company, founded in 1955 and offering electronic rocking-horse kiddie rides at department stores.
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Before it made games, Namco was a small Tokyo company, founded in 1955 and offering electronic rocking-horse kiddie rides at department stores.
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