cock
Example Sentences
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Another colleague from Burnham's first time round at Westminster says: "He'll have to go from cock of the north to national champion".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
“The whole thing is one of these classic cock ups in government where nobody had a full view of the facts,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
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
“If you’re trying to cock the gun and you lose your grasp on it, the hammer falls — that safety notch captures it,” Haag said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
“Thou’rt easily frighted for so great a bully. Tis but a scurrying rat. ’Tis nigh the mid of night,” he went on, “for I heard a cock crowing. Shall we start then?”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
