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/euh kok"/, adv., adj.cocked.[1840-50; A-1 + COCK2]
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acock — acock; acock·bill; … English syllables
Acock — A*cock , adv. [Pref. a + cock.] In a cocked or turned up fashion. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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acock — adjective or adverb Date: 1846 being in a cocked position … New Collegiate Dictionary
acock — adverb a) In a cocked or turned up fashion. b) defiantly … Wiktionary
acock — adv. in a cocked or turned up position … English contemporary dictionary
Birmingham Acock's Green (UK Parliament constituency) — UK former constituency infobox Name = Birmingham Acock s Green Type = Borough Year = 1945 Abolition = 1950 members = oneBirmingham Acock s Green was a short lived constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from… … Wikipedia
