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• cock — I Australian Slang 1. (offensive) penis; 2. (derogatory and offensive) despicable male; 3. (Tasmania) term of address for a mate or friend (in Middle English (15th C.) this meaning was a metaphorical extension of cock meaning rooster ; cf. the… …   English dialects glossary

• cock — see every cock will crow upon his own dunghill there’s many a good cock come out of a tattered bag the robin and the wren are God’s cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God’s mate and marrow …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Cock — 1. (offensive) penis; 2. (derogatory and offensive) despicable male; 3. (Tasmania) term of address for a mate or friend (in Middle English (15th C.) this meaning was a metaphorical extension of cock meaning rooster ; cf. the 14th C. pilkoc ,… …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• cock — • a general term for a man. Derives from the term cock sparrow and has been used for at least three hundred years. A common phrase heard is wotcher cock ! meaning hello mate . Also the term is very much used as a word for penis …   Londonisms dictionary

• cook-mate — [cook mate erroneous form of cock mate.] …   Useful english dictionary

• the robin and the wren are God’s cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God’s mate and marrow — Marrow is an obsolete word (except in dialect), meaning ‘something that makes a pair with another’. The rhyme is found in a variety of forms, as in a 1508 J. SKELTON Poems (1969) 45 The prety wren..is our Ladyes hen. 1787 F. GROSE Provincial… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• cuckoo mate — Cuckoo Cuck oo (k[oo^]k [=oo]), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. ????, Skr. k?ki?a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wa shogi — (和将棋, wa shōgi , peaceful chess) is a large board variant of shogi (Japanese chess) in which all of the pieces are named for animals. It is played either with or without drops. Rules of the game Objective The objective of the game is to capture… …   Wikipedia

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