hobby horse
Noun
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Noun
hobby horse (plural hobby horses)
- (originally) The Irish hobby, an extinct breed of horse.
- A child's toy consisting of a (usually wooden or cloth) horse's head mounted on a stick.
- (figuratively) A topic about which someone loves to talk at great length.
- Don't ask him about global warming: it's his favourite hobby horse, you'll never get away.
- A puppet-like costume used in some traditional dances and festivals that gives its wearer the appearance of a man on horseback.
- An early bicycle with no pedals or brakes; a draisienne.
- French: dada, cheval bâton, cheval chaussette
- German: Steckenpferd
- Italian: cavalluccio di legno
- Russian: конёк
- French: dada, violon d'Ingres
- German: Steckenpferd
- Russian: конёк
- French: cheval-jupon, masque-cheval
- French: draisienne
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