cockshy
Americannoun
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the act or sport of throwing missiles at a target.
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the target itself.
noun
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a target aimed at in throwing games
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the throw itself.
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Russell's Top was another "Apex" and a cockshy for any enemy guns that were within range.
From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley
Freed from the necessity of a systematic delineation Smollett rambles about Nice, its length and breadth, with a stone in his pouch, and wherever a cockshy is available he takes full advantage of it.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
Four men came tumbling down, one after the other, like dolls at a cockshy.
From 813 by Leblanc, Maurice
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