Meanings
nounfussock (plural fussocks)
plural fussocks
- archaicA fat woman.
"Ay, the mercer's wife—I shall come to her presently. Well, Peregrine, as you have often seen, is a shade or so jealous of that fussock, his wife, who looks, when she is tricked out in her new russet grogram cloak, more like a brown haycock in motion than a living woman."
1838, John P. Kennedy, chapter X, in Rob of the Bowl, volume I
Translations
French toutoune
- toutouneTranslations
Greek φάλαινα
- φάλαινα (fálaina)Translations
Tagalog tambugak
- tambugakTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
fussock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fussock
MLA
“fussock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fussock. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fussock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fussock.
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