lestercockn.
/ˈlɛstəkɒk/ dialect.
(See quots.)
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1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 34 Vpon the North coast, where want of good harbours denieth safe roade to the fisher-boats, they haue a deuice of two sticks filled with corks, and crossed flatlong, out of whose midst there riseth a thred, and at the same hangeth a saile; to this engine, termed a Lestercock, they tie one end of their Boulter.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall Lestercock, a toy-boat sent out before the wind by fishermen in rough weather with a string of hooks.
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n.1602- hang out of the way
- hang out one's shingle
- hang out to dry
- hang over head
- hang over one's head
- hang round neck
- hang round someone's neck
- hang seng
- hang seng index
- hang set up one's shingle
- hang someone out to dry
- hang ten
- hang the arse
- hang the bell about the cat's neck
- hang the groin
- hang the head
- hang the head down
- hang the jib
- hang the lip
- hang the rap on
- hang the wing
- hang time
- hang to
- hang together
- hang together on or in a string