cock
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To summon our waiter Steve from 10 yards away, all I had to do was cock my head in his direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Thomas’ conversational exchange about “trying to play these boys the new cock robin” – a cock robin reportedly being old English slang for “someone who’s easily persuaded to follow the will of another.”
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
Mercedes have moved their cock pit further back in their cars, as per requested by Lewis Hamilton.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2024
“The only conceivable alternative to the foregoing would be a situation in which the trigger was already pulled or held rearward while retracting the hammer to its full cock position.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
They appear to have some extra quality that we call ‘life’, or ‘intelligence’ but are in fact simply performing predetermined routines, like the cock on the Strasbourg Cathedral clock.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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