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cocksman, n. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |ˈkɒksmən|, U.S. |ˈkɑksm(ə)n|
Plural cocksmen
[‹ the genitive of cock n.1 (compare sense 20 s.v.) + man n.1, after e.g. statesman n.1, batsman n., marksman n., etc.]
A man who is sexually promiscuous, esp. a man who is considered to be exceptionally virile or sexually skilled.
a1896E. Field Lady Lil in A. Mackay Immortalia (1927) 8 It made us cocksmen fairly sick. 1932J. Dos Passos 1919 13 Research proves R. L. S. to have been a great cocksman. 1960J. Barth Sot-weed Factor i. vi. 58, I mean yon Ebenezer, who for lack of words should be chiefest poet and cocksman in this or any winehouse. 1975J. Rossner Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1976) 256 She admitted to herself that if James disappeared from her life he would leave an enormous gap... A cocksman could always be replaced, even if not immediately with one of the same quality. 1994Who (Sydney) 8 Aug. 82/2 [He] achieved renown as a raconteur, a provocative dinner guest—and ‘one of the biggest cocksmen in Washington’. 2000W. Self How Dead Live (2001) iv. 106 He was quite a cocksman, old Bob Rose. We'd do it in his office, at my apartment, in hotels..—wherever we could. |