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fighting cocum

fighting cocum is the present participle and gerund of fight cocum.

Meaning of fight cocum

Verb

fight cocum (third-person singular simple present fights cocum, present participle fighting cocum, simple past and past participle fought cocum)

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) To be wily and cautious.
    • So Tim didn't fight cocum enough, and was grabbed.1848, George William MacArthur Reynolds, Esther de Medina: Or, The Crimes of London, page 79

Questions about fighting cocum

What is fighting cocum the present participle and gerund of?
Fighting cocum is the present participle and gerund of fight cocum.

Words near fighting cocum in the dictionary

  1. fighting chairs
  2. fighting chance
  3. fighting chances
  4. fighting cock
  5. fighting cocks
  6. fighting cocum
  7. fighting down
  8. fighting fire with fire
  9. fighting fires
  10. fighting fish
  11. fighting fishes

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