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turncocks

turncocks is the plural of turncock.

Meaning of turncock

Noun

turncock (plural turncocks)

  1. A tap or faucet that regulates the flow of a fluid.
  2. A person employed to turn on the water for the mains, to regulate the fireplugs, etc. for a water company.
    • 1,000 crossing-sweepers; another thousand chimney-sweeps, and the same number of turncocks and lamp-lighters;1851, Henry Mayhew, “Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor

Questions about turncocks

What is turncocks the plural of?
Turncocks is the plural of turncock.

Words near turncocks in the dictionary

  1. turncoated
  2. turncoating
  3. turncoatism
  4. turncoats
  5. turncock
  6. turncocks
  7. turncurtovirus
  8. turncurtoviruses
  9. turndown
  10. turndowns
  11. turndun

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