Hobby horse (disambiguation)
- Hobby horse (disambiguation)
A hobby horse (or hobbyhorse) can be several things:
*"hobby"; a type of horse ridden in the Middle Ages by hobelars
*A toy horse, consisting of a model of a horse's head, usually wooden, attached to a stick. This is often used by children to simulate riding a horse, see hobby horse.
*A toy horse suspended by springs from a frame
*Someone's favorite topic, to which he constantly reverts.
*The figure of a horse fastened around the waist in the Morris dance.
*Euphemistically, in Shakespearean times, a prostitute or promiscuous woman
*The 'hobby horse' was one of the earliest two wheeled vehicles made by Johnson in England 1818. It was uncomfortable and contained no pedals or brakes. These were introduced earlier in continental Europe under the name Draisienne.
* The dandy horse, another form of early bicycle.
* "The Hobby Horse" was the magazine of the Century Guild of Artists from 1886 to 1892.
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