bawcock
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French baud (“bold, gay”) + cock.
Noun edit
bawcock (plural bawcocks)
- (archaic) A fine fellow.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Abate thy rage, abate thy manly rage; / Abate thy rage, great duke. / Good bawcock, bate thy rage. Use lenity, sweet chuck.
References edit
- “bawcock”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “bawcock”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.