noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood. UK, dialectal
2. 2
   A mama's boy, a delicate child; a spoiled brat. UK, broadly, dialectal

   "Indeed, my mother was wont to call me your Nestle-cock, and I love you as well as she did."

Synonyms

All synonyms

milksopbratcockneylittle emperormama's boymilquetoast

Example

More examples

"Indeed, my mother was wont to call me your Nestle-cock, and I love you as well as she did."

Etymology

From nestle + cock (“bird”). Compare nest-cock & nest-cockle.

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