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Definition of Cockup

1. Noun. Something badly botched or muddled.

Definition of Cockup

1. n. A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.

Definition of Cockup

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of cock-up) ¹

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Definition of Cockup

1. a turned-up part of something [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockup

Literary usage of Cockup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The East Indian Gazetteer: Containing Particular Descriptions of the Empires by Walter Hamilton (1828)
"3° 16' S. The two are separated from each other by a very narrow passage called See cockup, which affords very safe anchorage for ships. vered with trees to ..."

2. Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings: To which is Added A Catalogue of by [Boosey, Thomas], William Pickering (1835)
"The cockup is the salt-water pike. I once saw a cockup taken near Dacca that measured eight feet, and required four men to carry it. ..."

3. The Geology of the English Lake District: With Notes on the Minerals by John Postlethwaite (1906)
"THE DIORITIC PICRITE OF WHITE HAUSE AND GREAT cockup. This rock is very nearly allied to the hornblende picrite of Little Knot; it is exposed on both sides ..."

4. The India directory, for the guidance of commanders of steamers and sailing by Alfred Dundas Taylor, James Horsburgh (1874)
"Se cockup Kiver is opposite the XW point of S. Poggy, on the W. shore, where fresh water may be procured ; and the village of that name is several miles up ..."

5. The India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies by James Horsburgh (1852)
"Se cockup River is opposite the NW point of South Poggy, on the western shore, River. where fresh water may be procured ; and the village of that name is ..."

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