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cold cocks

cold cocks is the plural of cold cock.

Meaning of cold cock

Noun

cold cock (plural cold cocks)

  1. (slang) A small heavy object used to give additional force to a punch or other blow of the hand.
    • I had my hand on the lead cold cock and I knew it would not be enough. "Give this man a beer, Sport," […]. I hit him on the temple with the cold cock.1993, The Journal of Irish Literature, page 14

Questions about cold cocks

What is cold cocks the plural of?
Cold cocks is the plural of cold cock.

Words near cold cocks in the dictionary

  1. cold chisels
  2. Cold Christmas
  3. cold cock
  4. cold cocked
  5. cold cocking
  6. cold cocks
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  8. cold collation
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  10. cold comfort
  11. cold comforts

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