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Search phrase: cock

Plays

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As You Like ItAYL II.vii.91Of what kind should this cock come of?Of what kinde should this Cocke come of?
CymbelineCym II.i.21must go up and down like a cock, that nobody canmust go vp and downe like a Cock, that no body can
CymbelineCym II.i.23You are cock and capon too, and youYou are Cocke and Capon too, and you
CymbelineCym II.i.24crow, cock, with your comb on.crow Cock, with your combe on.
HamletHam I.i.140The cock crows
HamletHam I.i.148It was about to speak when the cock crew.It was about to speake, when the Cocke crew.
HamletHam I.i.151The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,The Cocke that is the Trumpet to the day,
HamletHam I.i.158It faded on the crowing of the cock.It faded on the crowing of the Cocke.
HamletHam I.ii.218But even then the morning cock crew loud,But euen then, the Morning Cocke crew lowd;
HamletHam IV.v.62By Cock, they are to blame.By Cocke they are too blame.
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.i.19since the first cock.since the first Cocke.
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.i.1By cock and pie, sir, you shall not away tonight.By Cocke and Pye, you shall not away to night.
Henry VH5 II.i.49For I can take, and Pistol's cock is up,for I can take, and Pistols cocke is vp,
King LearKL III.iv.111at curfew and walks till the first cock. He gives the webat Curfew, and walkes at first Cocke: Hee giues the Web
King LearKL IV.vi.19Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoyDiminish'd to her Cocke: her Cocke, a Buoy
MacbethMac II.iii.23cock; and drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.Cock: And Drinke, Sir, is a great prouoker of three things.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.i.283By cock and pie, you shall not choose, sir! Come,By cocke and pie, you shall not choose, Sir: come,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.267And look thou meet me ere the first cock crow.And looke thou meet me ere the first Cocke crow.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.118(sings) The ousel cock so black of hue,The Woosell cocke, so blacke of hew,
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.210Ratcliffe, my lord, 'tis I. The early village cockRatcliffe my Lord, 'tis I: the early Village Cock
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.iv.3Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crowed.Come, stir, stir, stir, The second Cocke hath Crow'd,
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.224A combless cock, so Kate will be my hen.A comblesse Cocke, so Kate will be my Hen.
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.225No cock of mine, you crow too like a craven.No Cocke of mine, you crow too like a crauen
The TempestTem II.i.32The old cock.The old Cocke.
Timon of AthensTim II.ii.167I have retired me to a wasteful cockI haue retyr'd me to a wastefull cocke,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.i.25wont, when you laughed, to crow like a cock; when youwont, when you laughed, to crow like a cocke; when you
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.739None, sir; I have no pheasant, cock nor hen.None, Sir: I haue no Pheazant Cock, nor Hen.

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.18.40 The cock that treads them shall not know. The Cock that treads the shall not know,

Glossary

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Barbary cock-pigeontype of pigeon from the Barbary coast; [reputedly of Eastern men] man who jealously safeguards his wife
Chanticleercock, rooster [in the medieval story of Reynard the Fox, retold in Chaucer's ‘The Nun's Priest's Tale’]
cockweathercock
cocksmall ship's boat, dinghy
cockwoodcock [known for its foolishness]
cock[of a gun] pistol-hammer, cocking-piece
cocktap, spout [of a wine cask]
cocksoftened variant of 'God'
cock and pie, byby God and the service book
cock-a-hoop, set[unclear meaning] abandon all restraint, put everything into disorder
cockerelyoung cock
cocklightmorning cock-crow, dawn
cock-surewith complete security, with total confidence
craven[cock-fighting] cock that shows no fighting spirit
inhooped[cock-fighting] kept within a hoop [to make birds fight]

Thesaurus

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cock that shows no fighting spiritcraven
cock, youngcockerel
cock-crow, morningcocklight
cock-fightingcraven
hoop, kept within a [in cock-fighting]inhooped
kept within a hoop [in cock-fighting]inhooped
morning cock-crowcocklight
young cockcockerel

Themes and Topics

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Clothing
Swearing... gloss [where needed] by  cock ham iv v 62 god [often with bawdy ...
... [often with bawdy pun] by  cock and pie mw i i 283 god and the ser...
Non-classical legend, romance, and folklore
World [outside Britain], places and peoples

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