bawcock
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of bawcock
First recorded in 1590–1600, bawcock is from French beau coc “fine cock”
Example Sentences
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The reason for this unusual culinary event is the annual celebration of bold adventurer Tom Bawcock, whose fish-catching feats are said to have relieved starvation in the local area during horrific storms.
From The Guardian
Why, how now, my bawcock? how dost thou, chuck?
From Project Gutenberg
Its plot conventions are no less archaic than its Elizabethan jargon, e.g., tillyvally, bawcock, clodpole.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bawcock can easily be connected with Baldwin, while Meacock, Maycock, belong to the personal name May or Mee, shortened from the Old Fr.
From Project Gutenberg
The two names Bawcock and Meacock had once a special significance.
From Project Gutenberg
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