Cock-horse.

To ride-a-cock-horse. To sit astride a person’s foot or knee while he dances or tosses it up and down.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Cockboat
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Cock-fighting
Cock-horse
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Cock Sure
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Cock your Hat (To)
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