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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hobbyhorse; Hobby Horse; Hobby horses; Hobbyhorses; Hobby-horses; Hobby-horse

hobby-horse         
  • The ''Âne de Bessan''
  • The Antrobus Soul-cakers with Dick, the Wild Horse (mid 1970s)
  • Pamplona's giants and big-heads, with the 6 ''zaldiko'' (far left)
  • A Basque hobby horse at Alava, Spain, in 1994
  • ''Els cavallets'' (the little horses) at [[Olot]], Catalonia
  • In ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'', the characters' hobby-horses, or particular obsessions, are discussed in detail. Here, Uncle Toby's obsession with the military leads to him and Trim - who gets caught up in Toby's enthusiasm - to begin acting out military actions. Illustration by [[George Cruikshank]].
  • Modern ''Kuda Lumping'' (or ''Jaran Kepang'') procession in Yogyakarta (2008)
  • The Lajkonik
  • baubles]] for eyes
  • A painting of the Lajkonik celebrations from 1818<br /> by [[Michał Stachowicz]]
  • The '''''mulassa''''' (mule) of Tarragona, Spain
  • The mule of [[Sant Feliu de Llobregat]], Catalonia, Spain
  • The modern Cornish ''Penglaz''
  • The Poulain from Pézenas (visiting [[Steenvoorde]], in northeast France, for the Festival of Giants in 2006)
  • The Old 'Oss capturing a young woman during the May Day festival at Padstow, Cornwall
  • A 19th century illustration of the Mons dragon with hobby horses
  • The three Winster hobby horses and other performers, c.&nbsp;1870
  • ''Zaldiko'', a Basque hobby horse in Lantz, Spain
COSTUMED CHARACTER
Hobby (horse); Obby-Oss; Hobby-Horse
also hobbyhorse (hobby-horses)
You describe a subject or idea as your hobby-horse if you have strong feelings on it and like talking about it whenever you have the opportunity.
Honesty is a favourite hobby-horse for Courau.
N-COUNT
hobby-horse         
  • The ''Âne de Bessan''
  • The Antrobus Soul-cakers with Dick, the Wild Horse (mid 1970s)
  • Pamplona's giants and big-heads, with the 6 ''zaldiko'' (far left)
  • A Basque hobby horse at Alava, Spain, in 1994
  • ''Els cavallets'' (the little horses) at [[Olot]], Catalonia
  • In ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'', the characters' hobby-horses, or particular obsessions, are discussed in detail. Here, Uncle Toby's obsession with the military leads to him and Trim - who gets caught up in Toby's enthusiasm - to begin acting out military actions. Illustration by [[George Cruikshank]].
  • Modern ''Kuda Lumping'' (or ''Jaran Kepang'') procession in Yogyakarta (2008)
  • The Lajkonik
  • baubles]] for eyes
  • A painting of the Lajkonik celebrations from 1818<br /> by [[Michał Stachowicz]]
  • The '''''mulassa''''' (mule) of Tarragona, Spain
  • The mule of [[Sant Feliu de Llobregat]], Catalonia, Spain
  • The modern Cornish ''Penglaz''
  • The Poulain from Pézenas (visiting [[Steenvoorde]], in northeast France, for the Festival of Giants in 2006)
  • The Old 'Oss capturing a young woman during the May Day festival at Padstow, Cornwall
  • A 19th century illustration of the Mons dragon with hobby horses
  • The three Winster hobby horses and other performers, c.&nbsp;1870
  • ''Zaldiko'', a Basque hobby horse in Lantz, Spain
COSTUMED CHARACTER
Hobby (horse); Obby-Oss; Hobby-Horse
n.
See hobby, 1 and 2.
hobby horse         
  • The ''Âne de Bessan''
  • The Antrobus Soul-cakers with Dick, the Wild Horse (mid 1970s)
  • Pamplona's giants and big-heads, with the 6 ''zaldiko'' (far left)
  • A Basque hobby horse at Alava, Spain, in 1994
  • ''Els cavallets'' (the little horses) at [[Olot]], Catalonia
  • In ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'', the characters' hobby-horses, or particular obsessions, are discussed in detail. Here, Uncle Toby's obsession with the military leads to him and Trim - who gets caught up in Toby's enthusiasm - to begin acting out military actions. Illustration by [[George Cruikshank]].
  • Modern ''Kuda Lumping'' (or ''Jaran Kepang'') procession in Yogyakarta (2008)
  • The Lajkonik
  • baubles]] for eyes
  • A painting of the Lajkonik celebrations from 1818<br /> by [[Michał Stachowicz]]
  • The '''''mulassa''''' (mule) of Tarragona, Spain
  • The mule of [[Sant Feliu de Llobregat]], Catalonia, Spain
  • The modern Cornish ''Penglaz''
  • The Poulain from Pézenas (visiting [[Steenvoorde]], in northeast France, for the Festival of Giants in 2006)
  • The Old 'Oss capturing a young woman during the May Day festival at Padstow, Cornwall
  • A 19th century illustration of the Mons dragon with hobby horses
  • The three Winster hobby horses and other performers, c.&nbsp;1870
  • ''Zaldiko'', a Basque hobby horse in Lantz, Spain
COSTUMED CHARACTER
Hobby (horse); Obby-Oss; Hobby-Horse
¦ noun
1. a toy consisting of a model of a horse's head on a long stick.
a rocking horse.
a model of a horse used in morris dancing, pantomime, etc.
2. a favourite topic.

Wikipedia

Hobby horse (disambiguation)

A hobby horse is a costume or character involved in traditional customs such as the morris dance and mummers' play.

Hobby horse or hobbyhorse may also refer to:

  • Hobby horse (toy), a toy horse, consisting of a model of a horse's head attached to a stick
  • The Hobby Horse, the magazine of the Century Guild of Artists from 1886 to 1892
  • The Hobby Horse (film), a 1962 Australian television play
  • Irish Hobby, an extinct breed of horse
  • A 1972 band around Mary Hopkin
  • Dandy horse or hobby horse, an early form of bicycle
  • Hobby horsing, a hobby and sport popularised in Finland
  • Hobby horse polo, a polo with a hobby horse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby horse (disambiguation)
Examples of use of hobby-horse
1. I realize it‘s a bit of a hobby horse for me, since I wrote the legislation.
2. "The nuclear deal is the hobby horse of the prime minister," said nuclear analyst R.R.
3. The so–called flat tax is another hobby horse of the right that swept the nation, then got swept away.
4. It could have been called Conan Doyle‘s Hobby Horse, though that was not one of the 30 to 40 titles that Barnes considered for the book.
5. At the house next door, neighbor Brenda Brown gestured to a hobby horse on its side in her front yard and said it belonged to the children.
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