Crossword-Solution: HOBBYHORSE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hobbyhorse | n. | A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. |
| Hobbyhorse | n. | A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. |
| Hobbyhorse | n. | A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “HOBBYHORSE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| *Simple riding toy | 1 answer |
| Favorite topic | 1 answer |
| Hoofless steed | 1 answer |
| It rocks, but goes nowhere | 1 answer |
| MORRIS dance figure | 1 answer |
| Nursery steed | 1 answer |
| Pet idea | 1 answer |
| Tot's riding toy | 1 answer |
| KID'S MOUNT | 2 answers |
| LORD of Misrule, plaything of the | 3 answers |
| Tot's ride | 4 answers |
| A TOPIC TO WHICH ONE CONSTANTLY REVERTS | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with HOBBYHORSE (5)
Once active members of real Society; no woman could go back to "society," any more than a roughrider could return to a hobbyhorse.
Would you not laugh to meet a great councillor of State in a flat cap, with his trunk hose, and a hobbyhorse cloak, his gloves under his girdle, and yond haberdasher in a velvet gown, furred with sables? There is a certain latitude in these things, by which we find the degrees.
Why should I slander her?’ ‘You see,’ observed Darya Mihailovna, ‘African Semenitch has got on his hobbyhorse, now he will not be off it to-night.’ ‘My hobby! But women have three at least, which they are never off, except, perhaps, when they’re asleep.’ ‘What three hobbies are those?’ ‘Reproof, reproach, recrimination.’ ‘Do you know, African Semenitch,’ began Darya Mihailovna, ‘you cannot be so bitter against women for nothing.
And therefore if they please, let them suppose I played at tables for my diversion, or if they had rather have it so, that I rode on a hobbyhorse.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Light be the turf on the breast of the Heaven-inspired poet who composed this glorious fragment! There is more of the fire of native genius in it than in half a dozen of modern English Bacchanalians! Now I am on my hobbyhorse, I cannot help inserting two other old stanzas, which please me mightily:-- Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, etc.
Quotes with HOBBYHORSE (1)
The post-presidency, as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have proved, is a win-win. Money, Nobels, the ability to leverage your global celebrity for any cause or hobbyhorse you wish, plus freedom to grab the mike whenever the urge takes you without any terminal repercussions.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1983–2022).