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cockster

cockster noun: a cocky man.

Noun

cockster (plural cocksters)

  1. (rare, slang) A cocky man.
    • Whatsa matter — that stuff about you bein' such a great cockster — just a lotta bull?1961, Michael Shurtleff, Call Me by My Rightful Name: A Play, page 43
    • I wasn't an experienced cockster by any means, but I did need to learn a lot more than I knew right now.2001, Steven E. Sanders, Memoirs of a Lost Soul: A Literary History, page 48

Forms of cockster

pluralcocksters

Origin of cockster

From cock + -ster.

Questions about cockster

What does cockster mean?
Cockster means a cocky man.
What part of speech is cockster?
Cockster is a noun.
What is the plural of cockster?
The plural of cockster is cocksters.

Words near cockster in the dictionary

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

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