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cock-bawds

cock-bawds is the plural of cock-bawd.

Meaning of cock-bawd

Noun

cock-bawd (plural cock-bawds)

  1. (historical) A man who runs a brothel; a pimp.
    • Mr. Brown (well known to be Proveditor-General in the Hundreds of Drury) was at the Door and wanted to speak with her herself, upon which she ordered her Maid to bid the Cock-Bawd come in, which she did […]1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section VI

Questions about cock-bawds

What is cock-bawds the plural of?
Cock-bawds is the plural of cock-bawd.

Words near cock-bawds in the dictionary

  1. cock-and-hen club
  2. cock-and-hen clubs
  3. cock-and-pinch
  4. cock-and-pinches
  5. cock-bawd
  6. cock-bawds
  7. cock-biting
  8. cock-boat
  9. cock-boats
  10. cock-brained
  11. cock-cheese

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