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Date "HOBBY-HORSE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Hobby-horse A child's plaything, so called from the hobby-horse of the ancient morris-dance; a light frame of wicker-work, appropriately draped, in which someone was placed, who performed ridiculous gambols. "The hobby-horse doth hither prance, Maid Marrian and the Morris dance." (1221.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Desideratum; want; (requirement); "a consummation devoutly to be wished "; attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| "HOBBY-HORSE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HOBBY-HORSE" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "HOBBY-HORSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | keppihevonen (fad). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | obby-horsehay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hobbyhorse. | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-e-h-h-o-o-r-s-y" | |
-3 letters: yobboes. | |
-4 letters: hoboes, hooeys, horsey, sobber, yobbos. | |
-5 letters: boobs, booby, boors, bores, boyos, broos, brose, brosy, byres, herbs, herby, heros, hobby, hobos, hoers, hooey, horse, horsy, obeys, oboes, oyers, robes, roose, shoer, shore, shyer, sober, sooey, yobbo, yores. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-e-h-h-o-o-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: hobbyhorses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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