Definition of Turncocks

1. turncock [n] - See also: turncock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turncocks

turnarounds
turnback
turnbacks
turnboy
turnboys
turnbroach
turnbroaches
turnbuckle
turnbuckles
turnbull's blue
turncloak
turncloaks
turncoat
turncoats
turncock
turncocks (current term)
turndown
turndowns
turndun
turnduns
turneaureite
turned
turned against
turned around
turned away
turned back
turned back the clock
turned down
turned in
turned in one's grave

Literary usage of Turncocks

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

1. Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin: In the Possession of the Municipal by Dublin (Ireland), Rosa Mulholland Gilbert, John Francis Weldrick (1907)
"We ordered that the several collectors and turncocks employed by them should ... We ordered that each collector should keep two turncocks able and capable ..."

2. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1816)
"... or turncocks to fuch Company or Companies, to give Notice in Writing to the Surveyor or Surveyors of the faid ..."

3. Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin: In the Possession of the Municipal by Dublin (Ireland), Rosa Mulholland Gilbert, John Francis Weldrick (1905)
"... praying to be appointed one of the turncocks of this city, in the room of Anthony Reynolds, deceased : Whereupon it was ordered, that the petitioner be ..."

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