ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COCKSHY
From shying (throwing objects at) a cock, which was given as a prize to the person who hit it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COCKSHY»
Discover the use of
cockshy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cockshy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Golden Eagle and The Fiddle of Doom 3: Schooldolas Grave
At that Captain John Coiners tells his friends to bring him a Duckquack called
Catch-a-cockshy. They do so and soon they come back with Catch-a-cockshy. As
soon as Column Icengrid sees Catch-a-cockshy he starts to talk to him. He even ...
Cockshy. You are wrong, in my opinion, in trying to find another meaning for
Cockshy-stick than the one "Webster ghres. In 1866 I witnessed cockshying at the
Derby Касс». Gyp- «ies generally organize this тегу popular game. On a stick ...
Shortly before 1330 hours, nine Me-262s passed head on through the 504th. The
entire Squadron broke after the enemy aircraft and the chase was on. Captain
Robert F. Sargent, Cockshy Green Flight Leader, took several long range shots at
...
... who put off ba I bread, was drawn — for the first offence upon a hurdle from the
Guildhall to his own house, by "the great streets that are most d'rty, with the
defaulting loaf hanging about his neck," a spectacle to Gods, and a cockshy for
Men.
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Memoirs of madam Chester of Manchester, by herself
stock of his performances through a window, and calling to him to skedaddle, he
expressed his determination to have another shot by saying : " Strike me stiff, but I
'll have another cockshy before I go ;" whereupon he took a deliberate aim at ...
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Science Made Easy: A Series of Familiar Lectures on the ...
126 (2) Model of a Cockshy. The imitation must be of a fair size to give a constant
result. In the Museum Set, the Bag, which is made of glazed Holland to prevent
the sand from getting through, is big enough to hold nearly a Peck of it ; but only ...
Another game that used to be common at fairs and holiday resorts was the
cockshy. A bird was buried with only its this opening the hair from the tail of a cow
is fixed in a slip knot. The bird can easily thrust its head through the loop and
peck at ...
The objection to this theory of relationship between the indignities offered to
Jesus and the cruel sport of the cockshy is obvious. The technical meaning of a
Greek phrase could hardly have been known to the patrons of a rough
Shrovetide ...
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The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs
be asked to permit reproductions that are to be used as a cockshy." Here Mr.
MacColl hits 'wide of his mark. The very reverse is in our experience the case.
There is seldom any difficulty of that kind with the living who wisely prefer any
comment ...
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The Midland garner, a journal containing local notes from ...
demands Jasper. 'Making a cockshy of him,' replies the hideous small boy."
Cockshy, a game at fairs and races, where trinkets are set upon sticks, and for
one penny three throws at them are recorded, the thrower keeping whatever he
knocks ...
Banbury guardian, John R Wodhams, 1884
