COCKSHIES

Noun

cockshies

plural of cockshy

Source: Wiktionary


COCKSHY

Cock"shy`, n.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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