cockloft

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The cockloft above his room, which was reached by a ladder, had windows which were really only loopholes and from there he could better see into the tangle that sheltered his enemies.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

"Had n't you better come down out of that cockloft?" said the marquis, dropping his eyes.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

Sot is an old word that signifies a dunce, dullard, jolthead, gull, wittol, or noddy, one without guts in his brains, whose cockloft is unfurnished, and, in short, a fool.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Intellect in a very Tall One.—"Ofttimes such who are built four stories high, are observed to have little in their cockloft."

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles

Neow,' says I, 'yeou got some ole plunder up ther in the cockloft, where yeou stuck me to sleep; 'tain't much use to yeou, and one article I see I want to trade fur.'

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge