hobbyhorse

n.

1. 1. A child's riding toy that consists of a long stick with an imitation horse's head on one end.
   2. See rocking horse.
2. 1. A figure of a horse worn attached to the waist of a mummer, as in a morris dance.
   2. A person wearing such a figure.
3. 1. A favorite hobby.
   2. A topic that one frequently brings up or dwells on; a fixation.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a topic to which on constantly reverts

Meaning #2: a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horsehead on one end of a stick; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
  Synonyms: hobby, rocking horse, cockhorse, stick horse

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kæphest

Nederlands (Dutch)
rieten paard, hobbelpaard, draaimolenpaard, stokpaardje

Français (French)
n. - cheval de bois, (fig) cheval de bataille, dada

Deutsch (German)
n. - Steckenpferd, geflochtene Pferde(kopf)maske

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξύλινο αλογάκι, λόξα, μανία (κν. βίδα)

Italiano (Italian)
cavalluccio di legno, cavallo di battaglia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cavalo (m) de pau (brinquedo)

Русский (Russian)
палочка с лошадиной головой, конь-качалка

Español (Spanish)
n. - caballito de juguete, caballo mecedor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gunghäst, karusellhäst, käpphäst (äv. bild.), favorittema

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
木马, 摇马, 竹马

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 木馬, 搖馬, 竹馬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 목마, 죽마, 장기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - そのダンサー, 木馬, おはこ
v. - 激しく縦に揺れる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صورة فرس, تعلق على الخصر في احدى الرقصات الانجليزيه, راقص على خصره صورة فرس, , العصا الفرسيه عصا ذات رأس, شبيه برأس, الفرس, يتظاهر الطفل بركوبها, حصان خشبي للاطفال, موضوع يكثر المرء من العودة إليه, هوايه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סוס-עץ (למשחק), נושא אהוב, שיגיון, דגם של סוס, סוס (משחק) מתנדנד, סוס בקרוסלה‬

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