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单词 cockying
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cockyingn.

Brit. /ˈkɒkɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑkiɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈkɔkiɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cocky n.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < cocky n.2 + -ing suffix1. Compare slightly later cocky v.
Australian colloquial.
Farming on a small scale. Cf. cocky v.
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1895 Worker (Sydney) 6 July 3/4 You know Sam Jones..is going to do a bit of cockying on his own.
1943 G. Casey Birds of Feather 6 Cockying was tough enough since wheat and wool had gone to glory but it was a proper life.
2008 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 25 June 104 ‘That's cockying,’ he said, after paying $55 for a line of 246 rising two-year-old Merino ewes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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