cock
Example Sentences
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Another colleague from Burnham's first time round at Westminster says: "He'll have to go from cock of the north to national champion".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
No one gets it wholly right, but you survey the field of your life and cock your head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Thomas’ conversational exchange about “trying to play these boys the new cock robin” – a cock robin reportedly being old English slang for "someone who’s easily persuaded to follow the will of another."
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
I try to remember some of the selfie tips and cock my head slightly to the right, like a dog who thinks he hears a treat bag opening three rooms away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
