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horse cock

horse cock noun: the penis of a horse or a similar equid.

Noun

horse cock (countable and uncountable, plural horse cocks)

  1. (countable, literally, vulgar) The penis of a horse or a similar equid.
  2. (countable, figuratively, slang, vulgar) A very large penis.
    • Well, if anybody had a big cock it was Bill Woodruff. It was a veritable horse cock.1962, Henry Miller, Sexus, Grove Press, published 1987, →ISBN, page 184
  3. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Sausage such as baloney or salami.
    • […] Those who served on the Mediterranean convoys may remember that we had to carry food for the round trip, and the last 1000-2000 miles were a steady diet of baloney. We felt "horse cock" was good enough for prisoners too, especially those who ordered "Fire!" on our ships.2004, Lewis M. Andrews, Tempest, Fire & Foe: Destroyer Escorts in World War II and the Men Who Manned Them, Trafford Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 50
  4. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Nonsense, that which is illogical and lacks any meaning, reason, or value.
    • Don said it was all horse cock except they didn't want to lead off with a book of short stories no matter whether good or not.1925, Ernest Hemingway, letter to Harold Loeb dated 5 January 1925, quoted in Kenneth Schuyler Lynn, Hemingway, Harvard University Press (1995; first published 1987), page 266

Synonyms of horse cock

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Forms of horse cock

pluralhorse cocks
alternative formhorsecock

Words formed from horse cock

Questions about horse cock

What does horse cock mean?
Horse cock means the penis of a horse or a similar equid.
What part of speech is horse cock?
Horse cock is a noun.
What is the plural of horse cock?
The plural of horse cock is horse cocks.

Words near horse cock in the dictionary

  1. horse cars
  2. horse cart
  3. horse carts
  4. horse chestnut
  5. horse chestnuts
  6. horse cock
  7. horse cocks
  8. horse collar
  9. horse collared
  10. horse collaring
  11. horse collars

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