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COCKHORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cockhorse mean? 

COCKHORSE (noun)
  The noun COCKHORSE has 1 sense:

1. anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult)play

  Familiarity information: COCKHORSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COCKHORSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cockhorse" is a kind of...):

plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)


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