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nestle-cock Now only dial.
Also 7 nessle-.
[f. nestle v.1 + cock n.1: cf. nest-cock, -cockle, s.v. nest n. 8.]
The last-hatched bird, or weakling of a brood; hence, a mother's pet; a spoilt or delicate child or youth.
1626Middleton Anything for Quiet Life iv. ii, My mother was wont to call me your nestle-cock, and I love you as well as she did. 1640Nabbes Bride Prol., A play Wherein a nesslecock, or youth o'th' towne..'s a gallant growne. a1661Fuller Worthies, London (1662) II. 196 One coaks'd or cocker'd, made a wanton or a Nestle-cock of, delicately bred and brought up. a1791in Pegge Derbicisms (E.D.S.) 48. 1864–83 in Lanc. and Yks. glossaries. |