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cockhorse en · ADJ
Meanings
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Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
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(figuratively) Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart.
[Y]et I needs muſt ſee / Our painted fooles and cockehorſe peſſantry, / Still ſtill vſurpe, with long liues, loues and luſt, / The feats of vertue; […]
1598, George Chapman, “Sixth Sestyad”, in Christopher Marlo[w]e, George Chapman, Hero and Leander: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Richard Hawkins: […], published 1629, →OCLC:
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cockhorse en · NOUN
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(archaic) A child's rocking horse.
Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross.
a. 1744, unknown author, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross (traditional nursery rhymes)
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Deriveds
a-cock-horse