| 单词 | hobby-horse man |
| 释义 | > as lemmashobby-horse man hobby-horse man n. (also ˈhobbyhorseman) (a) a man who sells hobby-horses; (b) a man who rode a ‘hobby-horse’ or dandy-horse (see 5); (c) a man who ‘rides a hobby’ (see 6). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > cyclist > on hobby-horse hobby-horse man1631 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of toys or trinkets hobby-horse man1631 baby-seller1634 toy man1682 toy-woman1688 toy man1860 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > fanaticism > [noun] > person > devoted to hobby hobbyist1871 hobby-horse man1894 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. ii. 53 in Wks. II I cannot finde my ginger-bread-Wife, nor my Hobby-horse-man in all the Fayre, now. 1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 417 Mr. Ellis really abuses these privileges of the hobbyhorseman. 1894 Tablet 27 Oct. 663 Taken up by small sectarians and hobbyhorsemen. < as lemmas |
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