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

“The only conceivable alternative to the foregoing would be a situation in which the trigger was already pulled or held rearward while retracting the hammer to its full cock position.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

When she stopped speaking, grasping Papa- Nnukwu’s wrist, resting her head on his chest, the silence was broken only by the crow of the neighbor’s cock.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie