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jibby-horse
[cf. dial. (E.Angl.) jibby, a girl dressed in showy finery.]
(See quot. 1825.)
[c1440Promp. Parv. 192/2 Gybbe, horse, mandicus.] 1601Sir W. Cornwallis Ess. ii. xxxvi. (1631) 110 Knowledge disdaines the rattles and gibby horses of the world. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Jibby-horse, a showman's horse decorated with particolored trappings, plumes, etc. It is sometimes transferred to a human subject. |