Hobby Horsical (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Hobby Horsical

A man who is a great keeper or rider of hobby horses; one that is apt to be strongly attached to his systems of amusement.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Hobby Horse * Hobnail

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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