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stocah

stocah noun: a layabout or good-for-nothing.

Noun

stocah (plural stocahs)

  1. (Ireland, obsolete) A layabout or good-for-nothing
    • hee faith is the life of a peasant or churle ; but thenceforth becommeth either an horseboy, or a stocah to some kerne, inuring himselfe to his weapon, and to the gentlemanly trade of stealing1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...

Forms of stocah

pluralstocahs

Origin of stocah

From Irish stócach and Scottish Gaelic stòcach (“an idle fellow who lives on the industry of others, a lounger”).

Questions about stocah

What does stocah mean?
Stocah means a layabout or good-for-nothing.
What part of speech is stocah?
Stocah is a noun.
What is the plural of stocah?
The plural of stocah is stocahs.

Words near stocah in the dictionary

  1. stobie poles
  2. Stobies
  3. Stobo
  4. stobs
  5. Stobswood
  6. stocah
  7. stocahs
  8. stoccade
  9. stoccaded
  10. stoccades
  11. stoccading

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