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Cockling

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young, small, or immature cock.

    "These cocklings cocker'd we bewail too late, When that we see our off-spring gaily bent, Women manwood, and men effeminate."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cockle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cockle + -ing.

Etymology 2

From cock + -ling.

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