a-cock-horse
Examples
“We have⟳ yet a thousand medailes and monuments, namely, of that honest woman Faustina, wherein that Eagle is represented, carrying a cock-horse a dead goat up towards heaven those Deified soules.”
“Then placing the stretcher between his legs in the manner that little boys ride⟳ a-cock-horse upon their grand-papa's canes, he began most dolefully to dole out the following ditty.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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