cockshot

/ ˈkɒkˌʃɒt /

noun

1. another name for cockshy

Example Sentences

Some superstitious fools suppose that they which die of the garget are ridden with the nightmare, and therefore they hang up stones which naturally have holes in them, and must be found unlooked for; as if such a stone were an apt cockshot for the devil to run through and solace himself withal, while the cattle go scot-free and are not molested by him!

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Yesterday got my mail, including your despicable sheet; was fooled with a visit from the high chief Asi, went down at 4 P.M. to my Samoan lesson from Whitmee—I think I shall learn from him, he does not fool me with cockshot rules that are demolished next day, but professes ignorance like a man; the truth is, the grammar has still to be expiscated—dined with Haggard, and got home about nine.

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Cockshot is bottled effervescency, the sworn foe of sleep.

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Three-in-the-morning Cockshot, says a victim.

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For a cockshot They take him; they pelt him and hit; They knock of the snowman's ears and nose, But he does not mind it a bit.

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