cockshy

1. n. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks. Source: opted

2. n. An object at which stones are flung. Source: opted

3. 1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks. 2. An object at which stones are flung. "Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens. Source: webster

4. n. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks. n. An object at which stones are flung. Source: ecdict

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