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Definition of Cocky
1. Adjective. Overly self-confident or self-assertive. "A very cocky young man"
Definition of Cocky
1. a. Pert.
Definition of Cocky
1. Noun. Abbreviation of cockatoo; ''used when pretending to talk to such a bird, as in "hello cocky"''. ¹
2. Noun. (Australia New Zealand informal) A farmer, particularly a small-time farmer. ¹
3. Noun. (New Zealand informal) A sheep farmer. ¹
4. Adjective. Overly confident, arrogant and boastful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cocky
1. arrogantly self-confident [adj COCKIER, COCKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cocky
Literary usage of Cocky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"says cocky-locky. "Oh! I'm going to tell the king the sky's a-falling," says ...
So Henny-penny and cocky-locky went to tell the king the sky was a-falling. ..."
2. English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, John Dickson Batten (1890)
""Where are you going to, Henny-penny and cocky-locky ? ... Oh! we're going to
tell the king the sky's a-falling," said Henny-penny and cocky-locky. ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"... me that * cocky ' is Australian argot for a small farmer, adds, ' by-the-by,
you never hear the word "farmer" over there . . . many scores of times at ..."
4. Memoirs by Mark Pattison (1885)
"It would be 'cocky' in me to say so, but I don't care what it is, so as I may
urge you not to be slow about the ' unum necessarium' of caring for your own ..."
5. John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Things in China by Edward John Hardy (1906)
"... CHAPTER X CHINESE FOOD What a Chinaman does not eat is not worth eating—" That
belong cocky- ..."
6. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Arthur Herbert Savory (1921)
"CHAPTER XXII PETS: SUSIE—cocky—TRUMP—CHIPS—WENDY—TAFFY " The heart is hard in
nature and unfit For human fellowship, as being void Of sympathy, ..."
7. The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1811)
"I profess a very apt comparison, varlet; Gu in, and bid my cocky come out to me ;
I will ... Nay, cocky ! heart of oak—I profess I can hold no longer Fond. ..."
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