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† ˈnodgecock, -comb Obs. rare.
[Of obscure formation.]
A ninny, simpleton.
1566Painter Pal. Pleas. I. 211 b, This poore Nodgecock contriving the time in sweete and pleasaunt wordes with his dareling Simphorosia. 1593Nashe Four Lett. Confut. Wks. (Grosart) II. 212 Confesse thy selfe a flat nodgcombe before all this congregation. 1596― Saffron Walden M 4 So was he counted and bad stand by for a Nodgscombe. |