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cockstand

cockstand is the alternative form of cock-stand.

Meaning of cock-stand

Noun

cock-stand (plural cock-stands)

  1. (archaic, slang, vulgar) An erection.
    • ‘Do you know what they do, in France? My lady wife told me. Well, not told me, but she wrote it down for me, in Latin. The man has a cock-stand, and she takes it in her mouth!’2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 393

Forms of cockstand

pluralcockstands

Questions about cockstand

What is cockstand the alternative form of?
Cockstand is the alternative form of cock-stand.

Words near cockstand in the dictionary

  1. cockspur hawthorn
  2. cockspur hawthorns
  3. cockspurs
  4. cockstain
  5. cockstains
  6. cockstand
  7. cockstands
  8. cockster
  9. cocksters
  10. cockstride
  11. cockstrides

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