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cockshies

cockshies is the plural of cockshy.

cockshies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cockshy.

Meaning of cockshy

Noun

cockshy (plural cockshies)

  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’ […]1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC

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Questions about cockshies

What is cockshies the plural of?
Cockshies is the plural of cockshy.

Words near cockshies in the dictionary

  1. cockshaft
  2. cockshafts
  3. cockshead
  4. cocksheads
  5. cockshied
  6. cockshies
  7. cockshit
  8. cockshits
  9. cockshoot
  10. cockshot
  11. cockshots

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