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See also: Woodcock
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
woodcock (plural woodcock or woodcocks)
- Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
- A simpleton.
- (Can we date this quote by Beaumont and Fletcher and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
- 1838, Nathan Drake, Belletristical Works (volume 1, page 215)
- "Now will that silly woodcock make such a report of what I have said to his chosen friend," observed Sir Robert to his companion when my Lord Cobham was out of hearing […]
- (Can we date this quote by Beaumont and Fletcher and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- roding, the patrolling flight pattern of the woodcock.
Translations[edit]
wading bird in the genus Scolopax
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