Question: Question with how to phrase something? if you were to try to convey the idea that a child was playing with a pretend horse, would you say, "He/she played with the horse doll," or "He/she played with the doll horse?"\n\nbasically, would you phrase it as a "doll horse," or "horse doll?"\n\nThanks!

Answer: If it's a small model of a horse it's a horse doll or a toy horse.\n\nIf it's a stick with a pretend horse's head on it that the child straddles and runs along with (while making horsey noises) - it's called a hobby horse.\n\nIf it is a totally imaginary horse, existing only in the child's head, then it is an imaginary horse or pretend horse.\n\nDoll horse is definitely not right.
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