Colloquial Variant guide
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noun
A male dancer dressed as a horse who cavorts through the town pretending to capture young maidens, as part of a May Day festival in Padstow, Cornwall, England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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History
From hobby horse, with h-dropping characteristic of West Country English. Compare hoss.
