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moulded cocklebread

moulded cocklebread is the simple past and past participle of mould cocklebread.

Meaning of mould cocklebread

Verb

mould cocklebread (third-person singular simple present moulds cocklebread, present participle moulding cocklebread, simple past and past participle moulded cocklebread)

  1. (obsolete) To lift one's skirts, bend over, and knead the buttocks as if kneading bread.
    • And then at home here, or wheresoever he comes, our father is so pensive ( what muddy spirit soe'er possesses him, would I could conjure't out) that he makes us even sick of his sadness, that were wont to see my gossip's cock to day, 'mould cocklebread, daunce clutterdepouch and hannykin booby...1641, Richard Brome,, A Jovial Crew, page 122

Questions about moulded cocklebread

What is moulded cocklebread the simple past and past participle of?
Moulded cocklebread is the simple past and past participle of mould cocklebread.

Words near moulded cocklebread in the dictionary

  1. mouldboard
  2. mouldboard plough
  3. mouldboard ploughs
  4. mouldboards
  5. moulded
  6. moulded cocklebread
  7. moulden
  8. mouldened
  9. mouldening
  10. mouldens
  11. moulder

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