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simper-de-cocket, n. meanings, etymology and more
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun simper-de-cocket. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is now obsolete. www.oed.com
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John Skelton - NOTES TO THE TUNNING OF ELYNOUR RUMMING.
In a note on the latter passage, Whalley quotes from Cotgrave's Dict.: "Coquine, a beggar-woman, also a cockney, simper de cocket, nice thing. ... "A simper-de- ... www.exclassics.com
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simper, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun simper, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ... www.oed.com
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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Reverse AF - AG - WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE PAST
SIMPER-DE-COCKET n. 1. † an affected coquettish air ...a1529 n. 2. † an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt ...a1529. SIMPER-THE- ... www.wordsandphrasesfromthepast.com
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Reverse Dictionary FLAB - FLIRTING
1980s US college sl. • SIMPER-DE-COCKET † an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt ...a1529 • SIMPER-THE-COCKET † an affected ... www.wordsandphrasesfromthepast.com
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simper
▪ 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 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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[PDF] The Poetical Works of John Skelton - Ex-Classics
Cleland is reported, in Spence's. Anecdotes of Pope, to have said, that this "Tunnyng of Elynoure Rummyng" was taken from a poem of Lorenzo de' Medici. ... simper ... www.exclassics.com
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[PDF] A Journal of English Linguistics - UJK
simper-de-cocket (about 1529)†; toy (1565)†; toying (1565-1573); love-trick. (1567); dallier (1568); amorets (1590)†; belgard (1590)†; oeillade (1592);. whum.ujk.edu.pl
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Not such a prude after all: the secrets of Henry VIII's love life
... simper de cocker” and kissing a woman's behind. Ad. The arrangements of Henry's household would have facilitated affairs too. The Eltham ... www.historyextra.com
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John Skelton: Selected Poems – An Open Companion to Early ...
With simper and cocket. Her hood of Lincoln green. It has been hers, I ween, More than forty year; And so doth it appear, For the green bare threadés. Look ... pressbooks.pub
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