cockie
/ˈkɒki/noun Australian informal
A cockroach: the contractors had already sprayed for cockies and fleas...
- Cockies are common and reside even in the best of homes.
- To see some of Queensland's finest cockies, plan to attend the Cockroach Races held annually at the hotel on Australia Day.
- We don't use pesticides, and I'm very proud of any insect I find in the garden or house (except for the inevitable cockies!).
Origin
1980s: abbreviation.
- death blast
- death blow
- death bone
- death by misadventure
- death camas
- death camp
- death candle
- death cap
- death-cart
- death cell
- death certificate
- death chair
- death chamber
- death cloth
- death control
- death cord
- death cup
- death dance
- death day
- death-dealing
- death-defying
- death-doing
- death door
- death drake
- death duty