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Meaning of 'cockshy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cockshy [ 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.
- An object at which stones are flung.

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