10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COCKISH»
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ... ...
Cockish. •43 Cockney, COCKISH, adj. (old). — Wanton ; 'on heat." [From COCK,
the penis, + ISH.] Latham quotes COCKISH in the sense of ' pert," from the
strutting of the barn-door cock. 1785. GROSE, Diet. Vulg. Tartfue. A COCKISH
wench ...
John Stephen Farmer, Henley, 1891
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Rea
Tusser, H us band He t Sept., 39. Some prowleth for fewel, and some away rig
Fat goose and the capon. 1570. Levins, Manip. VocaB., rt9. To rigge, lasciutre
puellam. 1598. Florio, Worlde of Wordes, s.v. Galluta, a cockish, wanton, or
riggish ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1903
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Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist
... to have given a receipt for cocky—leeky soup; and an essay on spatch—cock,
alias broiled fowl and mushrooms ; together with a most satisfactory essay on
those obscure proverbial expressions, cock of wax, waxing cockish, and le pays
de ...
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Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, ...
COCKISH. Wanton, forward A cockish wench; a forward, coming girl. COCKLES.
To cry cockles; to be hanged: perhaps, from the noise made while strangling. ,
Cant. This will rejoice the cockles of one's heart; a saying in praise of wine, ale, ...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
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The New monthly magazine and universal register. [Continued ...
... to have given a receipt for cocky-leeky soup ;. *nd an essay on spatch-cock,
alias broiled fowl and mushrooms ; together with a most satisfactory essay on
those obscure proverbial expressions, cock of wax, waxing cockish, and le pays
de ...
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Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 1811: A Dictionary of ...
COCK BAWD. A male keeper of a bawdyhouse. COCK HOIST. A cross buttock.
COCKISH. Wanton,forward. A cockish wench; aforwardcoming girl. COCKLES.To
crycockles; tobe hanged: perhaps fromthenoise made whilst strangling. CANT.
ed. Campbell McCutcheon, 2013
COCK BAWD. A male keeper of a bawdyhouse. COCK HOIST. A cross buttock.
COCKISH. Wanton, forward. A cockish wench; a forward coming girl. COCKLES.
Tocrycockles; tobehanged: perhapsfrom thenoise made whilst strangling. CANT.
John Camden Hotten, Francis Grose, Ambrose Bierce, 2014
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Grose's Classical Dictionary of Th Vulgar Tongue: Revised ...
Elevated, in high spirits, transported with joy- Cock Bawd. A male keeper of a
bawdy-house. Cocker. One fond of the diversion of cock-fighting. Cock Hoist. A
cross buttock. Cockish. Wanton, forward. A cockish wench; a forward, coming girl.
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Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
... to have given a receipt for cocky-leeky soup ; and an essay on spatch-cock,
alias broiled fowl and mushrooms ; together with a most satisfactory essay on
those obscure proverbial expressions, cock of wax, waxing cockish, and le pays
de ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1837
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The New Monthly Magazine
... a most satisfactory essay on those obscure proverbial expressions, cock of wax
, waxing cockish, and le pays de cocagne ; and also on the nature of the
connexion between the cock and bottle ; with many other cockish particulars too
tedious ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COCKISH»
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Victoria's vote 'a clear message to Tony Abbott'
But cabinet minister Scott Morrison hit back and said Mr Shorten sounded "cockish" and was "overreaching" by claiming the election was some ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
Michael Bay Is Sick Of Actors Having Opinions
To make Bay's stab at being a non-cock all the more cockish, Weaving is well-known to contribute to various charities. One of which is the ... «Screen Junkies, Oct 12»
A whole new power struggle: Plot twists and profanity behind new …
The laid-back, pipe-and-slippers Mannion is the new Minister at DoSAC. He is still hampered by his team, the foppish, cockish Phil Smith, who ... «The Independent, Aug 12»
