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coxcomb

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒks.koʊm/Part of speech nounSorted bccmooxStarts with CEnds with B0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

Word origin

From Middle English cokke’s comb.

Used in a sentence

  • [F]or tho' I am afraid the Doctor was a little of a Coxcomb, he might be nevertheleſs very much of a Surgeon.
  • And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"

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