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Meanings of rocking horse in English

Portuguese
cavalo de pau
Catalan
cavall de cartró

A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride.

cavalo de pau
Usage of rocking horse in English
1
He asks why her father kept a rocking horse in his study.
The new yorker
2
Provoked by the shifting of the old floorboards, the rocking horse squeaked.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
3
A highlight on this stand is likely to be a Victorian rocking horse.
The Irish Times
4
An ancient rocking horse still stood in the corner, just beside the desk.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
5
I had some old toys out back, including a broken plastic rocking horse.
The Irish Times
6
He seemed too old to be on a rocking horse for one thing.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
7
And like the boy on the rocking horse who wishes hard enough, both true.
Audrey's door
8
A rocking horse stood beneath one of the high windows.
A reliable wife
9
Spencer sank down on the antique FAO Schwarz rocking horse.
Unbelievable
10
She stared at the boy sitting on his rocking horse.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
11
For a toy it would have been of the largest size below a rocking horse.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
12
The girls use Eve as a picnic table - and later as a rocking horse.
The Guardian
13
The rocking horse, the rain, and the poem all ran together and were one thing.
The new yorker
14
She recalls her first ride on the rocking horse.
The new yorker
15
The Vallejo boat, looking like a rocking horse, goes importantly chugging off toward Mare Island.
Vignettes of San Francisco
16
Think of pulling off the ears of a rocking horse because he wouldn't stay quiet!
The Story of a White Rocking Horse
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Translations for rocking horse
Portuguese
cavalo de pau
Rocking horse across language varieties
United Kingdom
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