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Cockshy

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(1):

(n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; - so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.

(2):

(n.) An object at which stones are flung.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cockshy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cockshy.html. 1828.
 
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