Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nestle-cock

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: nestle--cock
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood.

British usage

noun

A mama's boy, a delicate child; a spoiled brat.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Indeed, my mother was wont to call me your Nestle-cock, and I love you as well as she did."
"I meet with a double sense of this word Cockney: some taking it for, 1. One coaks'd or cocker'd (made a wanton or nestlecock of, delicately bred and brought up), so that when grown men or women they can endure no hardship, nor comport with pains-taking. 2. One utterly ignorant of husbandry or housewifery […]"
"You ignorant incompetent whey-faced nestlecock."

Etymology

From nestle + cock (“bird”). Compare nest-cock & nest-cockle.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

nestle-cocks (plural) nescock (alternative) nestcock (alternative) nestlecock (alternative)

Synonyms

nestlebub runt milksop sissy softy wuss brat cockney little emperor mama's boy

Questions

What does nestle-cock mean?: The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood.
Where does nestle-cock come from?: From nestle + cock (“bird”). Compare nest-cock & nest-cockle.

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