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softcock

noun

Etymology

soft + cock

  1. derived from *gew-✻ — “to bend, curve, arch”
  2. inherited from *kukkaz✻ — “mass, bulge, swelling”
  3. inherited from *kokk✻
  4. inherited from *cocc✻ — “heap, pile”
  5. inherited from cokke
  6. compounded as softcock — “soft + cock”

Definitions

  1. A weakling.

    • Working 80-hours weeks was all good. People in my Halls would call you a softcock if you did anything less.

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