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Webster 1913 Edition
Cockshy
Cock′shyˊ
,Noun.
1.
A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; – so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in “shying” or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
2.
An object at which stones are flung.
“Making a
cockshy
of him,” replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.
Definition 2024
cockshy
cockshy
English
Noun
cockshy (plural cockshies)
- A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
- An object at which stones are flung.
- 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- 'What are you doing to the man?' demands Jasper, stepping out into the moonlight from the shade.
'Making a cock-shy of him,' replies the hideous small boy.
- 'What are you doing to the man?' demands Jasper, stepping out into the moonlight from the shade.
- 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood