cock-bawd

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

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"Mr. Brown (well known to be Proveditor-General in the Hundreds of Drury) was at the Door and wanted to speak with her herself, upon which she ordered her Maid to bid the Cock-Bawd come in, which she did […]"
"This gentleman no sooner entered the room, than Cadwallader, in a whisper to Gauntlet, asked if that was not the cock-bawd; and before the captain could make any reply, "What an unconscionable whore-master the rogue is! (said he) […] ""

From cock (“male”) + bawd.

cock-bawds (plural)

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