Definition of "rocking horse" []

• A toy horse that is mounted on rockers or springs and is large enough for a child to ride. Also called hobbyhorse. (noun)

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• "He’d read library books about home projects, then build me a rocking horse or a sandbox or a set of flat wooden ducks—a mother and three babies, all set on four-inch spikes that he stuck into the backyard when the ground thawed—or he’d craft for my mother a small red wooden Ferris wheel to give to her on Valentine’s Day, each seat the exact size for an expensivelooking imported bonbon or sachet to sit."