bullycockn.

Brit.

/ˈbʊlɪkɒk/, U.S.

/ˈbʊliˌkɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bully n.¹, cock n.¹

Etymology: < bully n.¹ + cock n.¹ Compare earlier billycock n., bully-cocked adj.Earlier currency is perhaps implied by the following misquotation of quot. 1721 at bully-cocked adj.:1823 Morning Advertiser 5 Sept. 2/3 A broad bully-cock hat, or a square cap of above twice the usual size.

Now historical and rare.

A type of hat, similar to a bowler, characteristically worn by the bullies or hectors of the late 17th and early 18th centuries (see bully n.¹ 3a, Hector n. 2). Also more fully bullycock hat. Cf. billycock n., bully-cocked adj.

ΚΠ

1865 Nairnshire Tel. 18 Jan. 2/6 A man of somewhat foreign appearance, wearing a long dark coat almost reaching to his heels, and a sort of bullycock hat, has been occasionally wandering about the precincts of Windsor Castle.

1882 Daily News 3 Feb. In a ‘bowler’ hat, or in the form which our ancestors called a ‘bully-cock’.

1977 P. F. Copeland Working Dress in Colonial & Revolutionary Amer. v. 101 (caption) The boy wears a round ‘bullycock’ hat, short jacket, linen shirt, and leather breeches.

2017 C. Hughes Hats v. 123 Gangs known as ‘bullies’ wore the billy or bullycock.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	bullycock
释义	bullycockn. Brit. /ˈbʊlɪkɒk/, U.S. /ˈbʊliˌkɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bully n.¹, cock n.¹ Etymology: < bully n.¹ + cock n.¹ Compare earlier billycock n., bully-cocked adj.Earlier currency is perhaps implied by the following misquotation of quot. 1721 at bully-cocked adj.:1823 Morning Advertiser 5 Sept. 2/3 A broad bully-cock hat, or a square cap of above twice the usual size. Now historical and rare. A type of hat, similar to a bowler, characteristically worn by the bullies or hectors of the late 17th and early 18th centuries (see bully n.¹ 3a, Hector n. 2). Also more fully bullycock hat. Cf. billycock n., bully-cocked adj. ΚΠ 1865 Nairnshire Tel. 18 Jan. 2/6 A man of somewhat foreign appearance, wearing a long dark coat almost reaching to his heels, and a sort of bullycock hat, has been occasionally wandering about the precincts of Windsor Castle. 1882 Daily News 3 Feb. In a ‘bowler’ hat, or in the form which our ancestors called a ‘bully-cock’. 1977 P. F. Copeland Working Dress in Colonial & Revolutionary Amer. v. 101 (caption) The boy wears a round ‘bullycock’ hat, short jacket, linen shirt, and leather breeches. 2017 C. Hughes Hats v. 123 Gangs known as ‘bullies’ wore the billy or bullycock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1865
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