See Also: hobby-horse(dictionary)
hobby(medicine)
hobby(dictionary)
hobby(1)(dictionary)
hobby(2)(dictionary)
Hobby, Oveta Culp(encyclopedia)
Houston, William P. Hobby Airport(tourism)
Hobby Stock - Motor Sports(gambling)
Bad Actor (Fractious Horse) - Horse Racing(gambling)
Horse Identifier - Horse Racing(gambling)

daboia (iou) and hobby-horse (iou)


daboia (iou)



daboia noun. L19.
[Hindi daboya lit. 'lurker', from dabna lurk.]
= RUSSELL'S VIPER.

hobby-horse (iou)



hobby-horse noun & verb. ME.
[from HOBBY noun1 + HORSE noun.]
A. noun.
A figure of a horse (made of wicker etc.) fastened around the waist or over the head of a performer in a morris Dance, pantomime, etc. ME.
= HOBBY noun1 1. L16-E17.
A person who behaves in a ridiculous way; a jester, buffoon. Also, a lustful person; a prostitute. L16-E17.
a. A toy consisting of a stick with a horse's head at one end, for a child to bestride. L16.
b. A horse on a merry-go-round; a rocking-horse. M18.
Orig., = HOBBY noun1 4. Now usu., a topic to which a person constantly recurs or in which he or she shows an obsessive interest. L17.
C. McCullough He also had a tendency to be downright boring once he climbed aboard his hobbyhorse.
Hist. = HOBBY noun1 5. E19.
b. verb intrans. Perform as a hobby-horse; move like a hobby-horse. E19.
hobby-'horsical adjective constantly recurring to the same topic, devoted to a hobby, crotchety, whimsical M18.