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TO WHIP THE COCK

Specialty Definition: TO WHIP THE COCK

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Slang in 1811

TO WHIP THE COCK. A piece of sport practised at wakes, horse-races, and fairs in Leicestershire: a cock being tied or fastened into a hat or basket, half a dozen carters blindfolded, and armed with their cart whips, are placed round it, who, after being t. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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

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Anagrams: TO WHIP THE COCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-h-h-i-k-o-o-p-t-t-w"

-4 letters: tchotchke, toothpick.

-5 letters: hotchpot.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TO WHIP THE COCK


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

54 4F      57 48 49 50      54 48 45      43 4F 43 4B

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

            

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

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010111 01001000 01001001 01010000 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000011 01001111 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#87 &#72 &#73 &#80 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0057 0048 0049 0050      0054 0048 0045      0043 004F 0043 004B

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

54492574243502544239237493745

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