coxcomb
[koks-kohm]
/ ˈkɒksˌkoʊm /
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The fool in the play of Bartholomew Fair: perhaps a contraction of the word COXCOMB.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
