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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cockhorse \Cock"horse`\, n. 1. A child's rocking-horse. Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. --Mother Goose. 2. A high or tall horse. [R.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cockhorse \Cock"horse`\, a. 1. Lifted up as one is on a tall horse. 2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart. Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. --Marlowe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cockhorse n : a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horsehead on one end of a stick; the child straddles it an pretends to ride [syn: {hobby}, {hobbyhorse}, {rocking horse}, {stick horse}]
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