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Coke

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To cry coke. To cry peccaʹvi; to ask for mercy. Ruddiman says “coke” is the sound which cocks utter when they are beaten.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Coffin
Coggeshall
Cogito, ergo sum
Cohens (Stock Exchange term)
Coif
Coiffé
Coiffer to Sainte Catherine
Coin
Coin Money (To)
Coins
Coke
Coke upon Littleton
Colbronde or Colbrand
Colcannon
Cold as Charity
Cold-Bath Fields
Cold Blood
Cold-blooded Animals
Cold-blooded Persons
Cold-chisel (A)
Cold Drawn Oil

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