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单词 fight cocum
释义

fight cocum

English

Etymology

Hotten (see References) suggests that cocum might be related to the Scottish keek (peep or pry).

Verb

fight cocum (third-person singular simple present fights cocum, present participle fighting cocum, simple past and past participle fought cocum)

  1. (thieves' cant, obsolete) To be wily and cautious.
    • 1848, George William MacArthur Reynolds, Esther de Medina: Or, The Crimes of London (page 79)
      So Tim didn't fight cocum enough, and was grabbed.
    • 1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant (page 498)
      I have got the Yacks, so do not come it. Fight cocum.

References

  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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