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cock of the walk
noun
- the leader in a group, especially one with a conceited, domineering manner.
cock of the walk
noun
- informal.a person who asserts himself in a strutting pompous way
Word History and Origins
Origin of cock of the walk1
Idioms and Phrases
A conceited, bossy person, as in Since his last promotion he's been acting like the cock of the walk—he's unbearable . This expression alludes to the rooster's proud strut about the barnyard, asserting his rule over hens and chicks. [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
So was his successful set-to in the brewery yard with Lefty Dinan, the Tenth street cock-of-the walk.
The cock-of-the-walk led the band and he played on his own bill, which had holes in it, like a flute.
But in the window there was a peerless baseball with a rubber core, known as a cock-of-the-walk.
But the big miner only looked him over like a cock-of-the-walk regarding a game bantam.
You neednt think that youre the cock-of-the-walk because you took the barkers away from him.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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