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simper-de-cocket
† simper-de-cocket Obs. Forms: (see the quots.). [app. a fanciful formation on simper v.2 and cocket a.] An affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt. In quot. 1562 used as an adj. or adv.α a 1529 Skelton E. Rummyng 55 She wyll iet..In her furred flocket, And gray russet rocket...
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▪ I. simper, n. (ˈsɪmpə(r)) [f. simper v.2] An affected and self-conscious smile; a silly smiling look; a smirk.1599 B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. iv, You become the simper, well, ladie. 1711 Addison Spectator No. 179 ¶7 The Whistler relaxed his Fibres into a kind of Simper. 1728 Pope Dunc. ii. 6 The ...
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