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SHY COCK

Specialty Definition: SHY COCK

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Slang in 1811

SHY COCK. One who keeps within doors for fear of bailiffs. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: SHY COCK

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cowardice

Coward, poltroon, dastard, sneak, recreant; dunghill cock; coistril, milksop, white liver, lily liver, nidget, one that cannot say " bo" to a goose; slink; Bob Acres, Jerry Sneak.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Anagrams: SHY COCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cockshy.

Words within the letters "c-c-h-k-o-s-y"

-1 letter: chocks.

-2 letters: chock, choky, cocky, hocks, shock, yocks.

-3 letters: cosh, cosy, coys, hock, hoys, sock, yock, yoks.

-4 letters: cos, coy, hoy, kos, ohs, shy, sky, soy, yok.

-5 letters: ho, oh, os, oy, sh, so, yo.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-h-k-o-s-y"
 

+1 letter: haycocks, schlocky.

 

+2 letters: boychicks.

 

+3 letters: bodychecks, cockneyish.

 

+4 letters: hydrocracks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SHY COCK


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 48 59      43 4F 43 4B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01001000 01011001 00100000 01000011 01001111 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#72 &#89 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0048 0059      0043 004F 0043 004B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

534259237493745

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INDEX

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2. Orthography
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