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Webster 1913 Edition

Bawcock

Baw′cock

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bawcock

BAW'COCK

,
Noun.
A fine fellow.

Definition 2024

bawcock

bawcock

English

Noun

bawcock ‎(plural bawcocks)

  1. (archaic) A fine fellow.

Etymology

From Old French baud ‎(“bold, gay”) fine + cock ‎(“bird”)

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