bawcock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bawcock
First recorded in 1590–1600, bawcock is from French beau coc “fine cock”
Example Sentences
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Its plot conventions are no less archaic than its Elizabethan jargon, e.g., tillyvally, bawcock, clodpole.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, how now, my bawcock? how dost thou, chuck.
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
We're a-going to make you fast, my bawcock, and don't make no mistake.
From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Herbert Strang
Good Shakespearean word, bawcock: euphonious, too— "Accomplisht eke to flute it and to sing, Euphonious Bawcock bids the welkin ring."
From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Good bawcock, bate thy rage; use lenity, sweet chuck!
From King Henry V by William Shakespeare
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