rocking horse shit in English

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          "word": "mare's nest"
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          "word": "blinker fluid"
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          "word": "hen's tooth"
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  "word": "rocking horse shit"
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  "etymology_text": "From the expression rare as rocking horse shit, with the joke being that rocking horses do not produce feces.",
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      "word": "horseshit"
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    {
      "english": "illusory thing",
      "word": "mare's nest"
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    {
      "word": "blinker fluid"
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    {
      "word": "muffler bearing"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "rocking-horse shit"
    }
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"rocking horse shit" meaning in English

Noun

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