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rocking horse

NOUN
child's model horse
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Set against the distant Blue Ridge Mountains, it depicts a favorite Southern activity—akin to her widely admired maple-sugaring paintings set up north—embellished with details like the tiny rocking horse on her front porch.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 2026

The idea for “Split-Rocker” came to Koons when he noticed his son’s rocking horse in one corner of a room, and a rocking dinosaur in another.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2025

"My nana and grandad, who have passed away, used to have a rocking horse so I thought that would be a lovely memory for her tree."

From BBC Nov. 22, 2024

The five-act show also included a set consisting of mushrooms, an oversized snail, rubber ducks and a rocking horse.

From Fox News Dec. 30, 2021

There was a handsome new rocking horse for J.B., who had worn the rockers of his old one down to nubbins.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly



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