Cockshy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cockshy is a noun meaning A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players.
Meaning
A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players.
More Meanings
- An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified.
- (ambitransitive) To pelt; to throw things at.
Example Sentences
He had seen Tom Ricketts, of the fourth form, who used to wear a jacket and trousers so ludicrously tight, that the elder boys could not forbear using him in the quality of a butt or ‘cockshy’ […]
Word Forms
- cockshies
- cockshying
- cockshied
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include skish, quoits, shiner, schlockey, trap, shinty.
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