by cock
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English
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- (archaic) A mild oath.
- Synonym: by cock and pie
- 1914, Warwick Deeping, The King Behind the King, New York, N.Y.: McBride, Nast & Company, page 63:
- "By cock, you young ruffler, I can take blows better than words."
References
[edit]- “by cock” under “cock, n.6”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
