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Cockscomb

noun
1.
Garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers.  Synonyms: Celosia argentea cristata, Celosia cristata, common cockscomb.
2.
A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments.  Synonym: coxcomb.
3.
A cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red.  Synonym: coxcomb.
4.
The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.  Synonyms: comb, coxcomb.





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"Cockscomb" Quotes from Famous Books



... play at hodd man hout; 'E ain't the fust by many Wot's tried to Tommy-Dodd the rout With a two-'eaded penny. It's broke our trust; 'e can go 'ome With Toffdom for next neighbour. 'E won't cut Capital's cockscomb In the 'Oly Cause ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 19, 1892 • Various
... nothing. Only a bloody cockscomb. Come, be swift, Or, if thou wert a fox, thou'dst never slip Between 'em. Ah, ...
— Collected Poems - Volume Two (of 2) • Alfred Noyes


Words linked to "Cockscomb" :   herb, dude, fashion plate, common cockscomb, crest, swell, gallinacean, cap, clotheshorse, herbaceous plant, dandy, beau, sheik, gallinaceous bird, gallant, fop


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