Cockshy \Cock"shy`\, n.
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.
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2. An object at which stones are flung.
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"Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small
boy. --Dickens.
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