noun
pl. -·shies·- a throw at a mark
- the mark aimed at
Origin of cockshy
cock + shycockshy
cock·shyWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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cockshy
noun
pl. cock·shies Chiefly British- A mark aimed at in throwing contests.
- The throw in a throwing contest.
Origin of cockshy
From an old game in which sticks were shied at a cockTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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