cockshy

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21
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21
Letters
7

Definition of cockshy

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players.
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noun

  1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players.
  2. An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified.
    “He had seen Tom Ricketts, of the fourth form, who used to wear a jacket and trousers so ludicrously tight, that the elder boys could not forbear using him in the quality of a butt or ‘cockshy’ […]”

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To pelt; to throw things at.

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Etymology

From cock + shy; so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks.

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