cockshy

cockshy is a   Noun

Definition:

[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.

[2] An object at which stones are flung. "Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.

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