"He ain't a beauty, sir; he 's low before, and he's cow-hocked behind; but Sir Roger says he's the best blood in Norfolk.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
And near be the day when the red horse of war shall be hocked and impotent, and the pale horse of death shall be hurled back on his haunches, but the white horse of peace, and joy, and triumph shall pass on, its rider with face like the sun, all nations following!
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
Everything I've got is hocked."
"The Valley of the Giants"
Peter B. Kyne