| 单词 | dobby-horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdobby-horse 4. In full dobby-horse. A wooden figure of a horse. Cf. hobby-horse n. 2, 4b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > pantomime > [noun] > role or character hobby-horse1557 harlequin1590 play-mare1598 Columbinea1723 clown1727 hobby1778 pantaloon1781 harlequiness1785 Pierrot?1789 pierrette1847 harlequina1867 dobby1879 principal boy1892 principal girl1893 dame1902 society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round > horse or car hobby-horse1741 flying boat1784 dobby1879 galloper1945 1879 J. C. Clough B. Bresskittle 9 (E.D.D.) Theer were shows an..dobby horses. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester 101 Dobby-horse, a hobby-horse. An imitation horse which figures in the play performed by the ‘Soulers’. 1933 E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-play 214 Cheshire with a ‘Dobby-Horse’..and..there are similar rites with animals other than a Horse. 1937 J. B. Priestley I have been here Before ii. 63 He says we all go round and round like dobby horses. 1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. iii. 46 Early horse roundabouts, known as ‘Dobbies’,..were being produced at King's Lynn certainly in the early 1870's. 1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. iii. 158/1 Steam-driven 3-abreast Dobby Horses. < as lemmas |
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