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Bawcock
Bawcock \Baw"cock\, n. [From F. beau fine + E. cock (the bird);
or more prob. fr. OF. baud bold, gay + E. cock. Cf. Bawd.]
A fine fellow; -- a term of endearment. [Obs.] ``How now, my
bawcock ?''
--Shak.
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bawcock
n. (context archaic English) A fine fellow.
Usage examples of "bawcock".
I do love a song, I--being a companionable soul and jovial withal, aye, a very bawcock of a boy, I.
Sir Orizhan minds all your businesses, my young bawcocks, and I daresay you embroil yourselves in far less trouble because of it.
I do love a song, I--being a companionable soul and jovial withal, aye, a very bawcock of a boy, I.
Thereafter he sang as followeth: "Bold bawcocks, brave, bibulous, babbling boys, Tall tosspots, come, temper this tumult and noise.