throstlecock

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noun

The male throstle.

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Meanings

nounthrostlecock (plural throstlecocks)

plural throstlecocks

  1. The male throstle.

    The wind so whirled a weathercock He could not hold his tail up; The frost so nipped a throstlecock, He could not snap a snail up.

    1962, J.R.R. Tolkien, “When Winter first begins to bite”, in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Origin

From throstle + cock.

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APA

throstlecock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throstlecock

MLA

“throstlecock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throstlecock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throstlecock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throstlecock.

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