Get to know Hobbyhorse better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like preoccupation or hobby.
Hobbyhorse meaning
Alternative spelling of hobby horse.
Synonyms of Hobbyhorse
Using Hobbyhorse
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of hobby horse.
- Useful related words include: preoccupation, hobby, rocking horse, plaything.
Context around Hobbyhorse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hobbyhorse
- In this selection, "hobbyhorse" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include a trump hobbyhorse for years and for a hobbyhorse from reading. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hobbyhorse" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hobbyhorse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That program, launched in 1954 to push undocumented migrants into Mexico, has been a Trump hobbyhorse for years. (18 words)
The choice of topic was chosen less from Grierson's curiosity than the fact that he discovered that the Financial Secretary had made the herring industry his hobbyhorse. (28 words)
Another theory says that the name "Dada" came during a meeting of the group when a paper knife stuck into a French-German dictionary happened to point to 'dada', a French word for 'hobbyhorse'. (34 words)
The term " hobby horse " was documented in a 1557 payment confirmation for a "Hobbyhorse" from Reading, England. citation The item, originally called a "Tourney Horse", was made of a wooden or basketwork frame with an artificial tail and head. (39 words)
Another theory says that the name "Dada" came during a meeting of the group when a paper knife stuck into a French-German dictionary happened to point to 'dada', a French word for 'hobbyhorse'. (34 words)
The choice of topic was chosen less from Grierson's curiosity than the fact that he discovered that the Financial Secretary had made the herring industry his hobbyhorse. (28 words)
Example sentences (4)
That program, launched in 1954 to push undocumented migrants into Mexico, has been a Trump hobbyhorse for years.
Another theory says that the name "Dada" came during a meeting of the group when a paper knife stuck into a French-German dictionary happened to point to 'dada', a French word for 'hobbyhorse'.
The choice of topic was chosen less from Grierson's curiosity than the fact that he discovered that the Financial Secretary had made the herring industry his hobbyhorse.
The term " hobby horse " was documented in a 1557 payment confirmation for a "Hobbyhorse" from Reading, England. citation The item, originally called a "Tourney Horse", was made of a wooden or basketwork frame with an artificial tail and head.