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... Cock ( c . ) On or In ( d . ) Ot or Et ( e . ) Double Terminatives ... ... ... III . SCRIPTURE NAMES ALREADY IN USE AT THE RE- FORMATION ( a . ) Mystery Names ( b . ) Crusade Names : .. ( c . ) The Saints ' Calendar PAGE I 9 9 13 17 ...
... Cock ( c . ) On or In ( d . ) Ot or Et ( e . ) Double Terminatives ... ... ... III . SCRIPTURE NAMES ALREADY IN USE AT THE RE- FORMATION ( a . ) Mystery Names ( b . ) Crusade Names : .. ( c . ) The Saints ' Calendar PAGE I 9 9 13 17 ...
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... cock ( now Jacox as a surname ) , a fifth Brown- john , and a sixth Micklejohn , or Littlejohn , or Properjohn ( ie . well built or handsome ) . The nick forms are still familiar in many in- stances , though almost entirely confined to ...
... cock ( now Jacox as a surname ) , a fifth Brown- john , and a sixth Micklejohn , or Littlejohn , or Properjohn ( ie . well built or handsome ) . The nick forms are still familiar in many in- stances , though almost entirely confined to ...
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... cock , from Johannes ; not to say Baudkin , or Bodkin , from Baldwin . Baudechon le Bocher in the Hundred Rolls , and Simmerquin Waller , lieutenant of the Castle of Harcourt in " Wars of the English in France , " look delightfully ...
... cock , from Johannes ; not to say Baudkin , or Bodkin , from Baldwin . Baudechon le Bocher in the Hundred Rolls , and Simmerquin Waller , lieutenant of the Castle of Harcourt in " Wars of the English in France , " look delightfully ...
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... Cock . The term " cock " implied pertness : especially the pertness of lusty and swaggering youth . To cock up the eye , or the hat , or the tail , a haycock in a field , a cock - robin in the wood , and a cock- horse in the nursery ...
... Cock . The term " cock " implied pertness : especially the pertness of lusty and swaggering youth . To cock up the eye , or the hat , or the tail , a haycock in a field , a cock - robin in the wood , and a cock- horse in the nursery ...
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... cock , or Sim - cock , or Bat - cock gave him a preciser individuality . The story of " Cocke Lorelle " is a relic of this ; while the prentice lad in " Gammer Gurton's Needle , " acted at Christ College , Cam- bridge , in 1566 , goes ...
... cock , or Sim - cock , or Bat - cock gave him a preciser individuality . The story of " Cocke Lorelle " is a relic of this ; while the prentice lad in " Gammer Gurton's Needle , " acted at Christ College , Cam- bridge , in 1566 , goes ...
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