Hobby-horse
11hobby-horse — n. 1 a child s toy consisting of a stick with a horse s head. 2 a preoccupation; a favourite topic of conversation. 3 a model of a horse, esp. of wicker, used in morris dancing etc. 4 a rocking horse. 5 a horse on a merry go round …
12hobby horse — noun 1》 a toy consisting of a model of a horse s head on a long stick. ↘a rocking horse. ↘a model of a horse used in morris dancing, pantomime, etc. 2》 a favourite topic …
13hobby-horse — n. See hobby, 1 and 2 …
14hobby horse — noun see hobby I, 1 …
15Expensive Hobby (horse) — Horse infobox horsename = Expensive Hobby caption = Expensive Hobby breed = Quarter Horse discipline = Showing sire = Hobby Horse grandsire = Tinky Poo dam = Jan s Helen damsire = Stormy s Sugar sex = Gelding foaled = 1971 country = United States …
16Minehead Hobby Horse — One of England s two surviving traditional *hobby horses, although less spectacular, and less well known, than the *Padstow Hobby Horse. He makes his appearance in the streets of Mine head, Somerset, briefly on the eve of May Day, on the Day… …
17Padstow Hobby Horse — This north Cornwall village has a day long custom to celebrate the coming of May, with a *hobby horse who dances in the streets while its attendants sing: Unite and unite and let us all unite For summer is acome unto day And whither we are… …
18hobby — [ ɔbi ] n. m. • 1815, répandu mil. XXe; mot angl. hobby (horse) « dada » ♦ Anglic. Passe temps, loisirs favoris (cf. Violon d Ingres). Des hobbys ou des hobbies. ⊗ HOM. Obi. ⇒HOBBY, subst. masc. Activité favorite à laquelle on se livre durant ses …
19hobby — (n.) late 13c., hobyn, small horse, pony, later mock horse used in the morris dance, and c.1550 child s toy riding horse, which led to hobby horse in a transferred sense of favorite pastime or avocation, first recorded 1670s, shortened to hobby… …
20hobby — ► NOUN (pl. hobbies) 1) an activity followed regularly for pleasure. 2) historical a very early type of bicycle propelled by the pressure of the rider s feet against the ground. ORIGIN originally in the sense «small horse», later «toy horse or… …
