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Meanings
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(archaic) A mild oath.
"By cock, you young ruffler, I can take blows better than words."
1914, Warwick Deeping, The King Behind the King, New York, N.Y.: McBride, Nast & Company, page 63:
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
"By cock, you young ruffler, I can take blows better than words."1914, Warwick Deeping, The King Behind the King, New York, N.Y.: McBride, Nast & Company, page 63: