† cuckoldagen.
Obsolete.
The position of a cuckold, cuckoldom.Apparently an isolated use.
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1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer Ep. Ded. How many old Dotards [have you preserved] from cuckoldage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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n.1676- to have the field to oneself
- to have the foot of
- to have the forehand of
- to have the front
- to have the gallows in one's face
- to have the game by the throat
- to have the game in one's hands
- to have the gingerbread
- to have the good sense to
- to have the good sense to do something
- to have the goodness to do something
- to have the goods
- to have the goods on
- to have the governing in
- to have the governing of
- to have the grab on
- to have the grace to
- to have the ground on one's side
- to have the guns for
- to have the happiness to
- to have the heart
- to have the heart hanging on a jolly pin
- to have the heels of
- to have the higher hand
- to have the honour