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The meaning of HOBBYHORSE is a figure of a horse fastened about the waist in the morris dance. How to use hobbyhorse in a sentence. Did you know?
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In folklore, a hobby horse is a costumed character that features in some traditional seasonal customs, processions and similar observances around the world. In England, they are particularly associated with May Day celebrations, mummers' plays and the Morris dance. Look up hobby horse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Etymology.
It is the ‘favourite pastime’ version of the name, what we now call simply ‘a hobby’, that was adopted as a figurative expression meaning ‘a fixation; a thing one keeps coming back to’, that is, similar to having a bee in one’s bonnet. So, a hobby is really a hobby-horse.
HOBBYHORSE definition: 1. a toy made from a long stick, with a shape like a horse's head at one end, that a child can…. Learn more.
Hobbyhorse definition: a stick with a horse's head, or a rocking horse, ridden by children.. See examples of HOBBYHORSE used in a sentence.
You describe a subject or idea as your hobby-horse if you have strong feelings on it and like talking about it whenever you have the opportunity.
HOBBYHORSE meaning: 1 : a subject that someone speaks about or complains about often; 2 : a stick with a horse's head at one end that a child pretends to ride.
