Cockshy Definition

kŏkshī
cockshies
noun
The mark aimed at.
Webster's New World
A throw at a mark.
Webster's New World

A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks.

Wiktionary
An object at which stones are flung.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Cockshy

Noun

Singular:
cockshy
Plural:
cockshies

Origin of Cockshy

  • From an old game in which sticks were shied at a cock

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

CCOCOC

Words Ending With

YHYSHY

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cockshy

Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

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