Sentence examples for to cock from inspiring English sources

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to cock

noun

A male bird, especially a domestic fowl.

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His opponents were looking for him to cock it up.

"Can I just abbreviate that to cock?" asks May.

How have I managed to cock this up, too?

And Natalie Bennett at times seemed to be visibly telling herself not to cock up.

I am going to cock my head tonight like a dog.

The urge to cock snooks, however, is itself a sort of deference.

They are in no position to cock a snook, for they call the turkey…the hindi.

At least we know that before he died, he managed to cock his rifle.

It was ripe for change, and for people to cock a snook a bit".

"Hopefully no one will say too much to you guys [the media] to cock things up".

Even the Tribe Of Judah is obligated to cock a snook at the Knights Of Antioch.

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