noun phrase
Street Slang
flyin' horses
· noun phrase · nola
A merry-go-round, specifically the antique one in City Park.
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Definitions
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What New Orleans kids call a carousel. The name belongs first to the 1906 wooden carousel in City Park's Carousel Gardens — one of only a hundred-odd antique wooden carousels left in the country — but locals use it for any merry-go-round.
“Granny used to take us on the flyin' horses every Saturday.”
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flyin' horses In A Sentence
Granny used to take us on the flyin' horses every Saturday.
Origin & Usage
Folk name for the City Park carousel, a National Historic Landmark built in 1906 with horses carved by Looff and Carmel.
Variants
flying horses
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