cockies

Noun (1)

cocky (plural cockies)

1. (Ireland, Newfoundland, UK, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
   • Nay Cocky, Cocky, nay dear Cocky, do not cry, I was but in Jeſt, I was not ifeck [in faith?].1693, Will[iam] Congreve, The Old Batchelour, a Comedy. […], London: […] Peter Buck, […], →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 31

Noun (2)

cocky (plural cockies)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A familiar name for a cockatoo.
   • By that time, the white cockatoo—a beautiful bird, as large as a common fowl—would find out the family gathering-place, and waddle along, calling 'Pretty Cocky! Pretty Cocky!' […] Presently, Cocky ruffles his plumage till he looks half as large again as before; he throws his crest, with its double...1868 October, M. G. Sleeper, “Pets and Sports in Tasmania”, in Merry’s Museum, for Boys and Girls, volume 1 (New Series), number 10, Boston, Mass.: Horace B. Fuller, publisher, […], published 1869...

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