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This adorable and affordable rocking horse ($65) is cleverly designed a saddle, bridle and even little stirups.
—Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
In Boa Vista, Brazil, a Venezuelan climber named Leo used his knowledge of advanced rope knots to hang a rocking horse from the ceiling for his daughter, the photographer observed.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2024
Carrington could be sitting in her chair or barely touching it, the way that the rocking horse could be attached to the wall or just hovering nearby.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Thanks to the double-sided design, there are many options for imaginative play: Children can flip it onto one side to turn it into a rocking horse and then the other to morph it into a climbing structure, chair, or imaginary playhouse.
—Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 18 May 2024
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First Known Use
1724, in the meaning defined above
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“Rocking horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocking%20horse. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
rocking horse
noun
: a toy horse mounted on rockers
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