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hobbyhorse

[ 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.


hobbyhorse

/ ˈɒɪˌɔː /

noun

  1. a toy consisting of a stick with a figure of a horse's head at one end
  2. another word for rocking horse
  3. a figure of a horse attached to a performer's waist in a pantomime, morris dance, etc
  4. a favourite topic or obsessive fixed idea (esp in the phrase on one's hobbyhorse )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr nautical (of a vessel) to pitch violently
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hobbyhorse1

First recorded in 1550–60; hobby 1 + horse
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hobbyhorse1

C16: from hobby 1, originally a small horse, hence sense 3; then generalized to apply to any pastime
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Never mind the crime issue or that favorite Trumpian hobbyhorse, immigration and the border.

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Still, his hobbyhorse will be on the Supreme Court’s agenda, and it has drawn as much zealous backing as it has ferocious pushback.

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“It is refreshingly free both of collegiate sentiment and — in John Updike’s memorable phrase — the dim rumble of hobbyhorses being ridden back and forth across the floor,” Washington Post book reviewer L.J.

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In another sign that Republican radicals are in the ascendance, McCarthy said he wants to impose limits on future U.S. aid to Ukraine, a hobbyhorse of Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

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He has gone on to establish regular, silly characters - a romantic poet, a highwayman with a hobbyhorse, and a running story that sends up the allure of the archetypal aloof hero.

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