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cockleert

cockleert noun: cockcrow; dawn; daybreak.

Noun

cockleert (plural cockleerts)

  1. (dialectal, southwest England) Cockcrow; dawn; daybreak.
    • "Zee," he continued, "cockleert be on the creep."1899, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 166, page 200
    • Howsomever, I woke him at cockleert the next morning.1901, Gwendoline Keats, Tales of Dunstáble Weir, page 146

Forms of cockleert

pluralcockleerts

Questions about cockleert

What does cockleert mean?
Cockleert means cockcrow; dawn; daybreak.
What part of speech is cockleert?
Cockleert is a noun.
What is the plural of cockleert?
The plural of cockleert is cockleerts.

Words near cockleert in the dictionary

  1. cocklebur
  2. cockleburr
  3. cockleburrs
  4. cockleburs
  5. cockled
  6. cockleert
  7. cockleerts
  8. cockleloft
  9. cocklelofts
  10. cockleman
  11. cocklemen

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