stocah

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noun

A layabout or good-for-nothing

OriginIrish stócach ← Scottish Gaelic stòcach →
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Meanings

nounstocah (plural stocahs)

plural stocahs

  1. IrelandobsoleteA layabout or good-for-nothing

    hee faith is the life of a peasant or churle ; but thenceforth becommeth either an horseboy, or a stocah to some kerne, inuring himselfe to his weapon, and to the gentlemanly trade of stealing

    1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicstòcach“an idle fellow who lives on the industry of others, a lounger”
  2. Irishstócach
  3. Englishstocah

From Irish stócach and Scottish Gaelic stòcach (“an idle fellow who lives on the industry of others, a lounger”).

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APA

stocah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stocah

MLA

“stocah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stocah. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stocah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stocah.

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