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cockshy
CIDE DICTIONARY
cockshy, n.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- An object at which stones are flung. [1913 Webster]"“Making a cockshy of him,” replied the hideous small boy." [1913 Webster]
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