Nestle-cock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nestle-cock is a noun meaning (UK, dialectal) The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood.
Meaning
(UK, dialectal) The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood.
More Meanings
- (UK, dialectal, by extension) A mama's boy, a delicate child; a spoiled brat.
Example Sentences
You ignorant incompetent whey-faced nestlecock.
Indeed, my mother was wont to call me your Nestle-cock, and I love you as well as she did.
I meet with a double sense of this word Cockney: some taking it for, 1. One coaks'd or cocker'd (made a wanton or nestlecock of, delicately bred and brought up), so that when grown men or women they can endure no hardship, nor comport with pains-taking. 2. One utterly ignorant of husbandry or housewifery […]
Word Forms
- nestle-cocks
- nescock
- nestcock
- nestlecock
Synonyms for nestle-cock
Depending on context, synonyms include runt, milksop, sissy, softy, wuss, brat.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nestlecock, wretchock, roostcock, cuck, clucker, cocker.
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