hobbyhorse

(häbē hôrs′)

noun

    1. a figure of a horse attached to the waist of a person doing a morris dance so that the person seems to be riding it
    2. such a dancer
  1. a child's toy consisting of a stick with a horse's head at one end: it is straddled in a pretense of riding
  2. rocking horse
  3. a scheme or idea with which one is preoccupied

See hobbyhorse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

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