bully-cockedadj.

Brit.

/ˈbʊlɪkɒkt/, U.S.

/ˈbʊliˌkɑkt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bully n.¹, cocked adj.³

Etymology: < bully n.¹ + cocked adj.³

Now historical and rare.

Designating a type of hat, similar to a bowler, characteristically worn by the bullies or hectors of the late 17th and early 18th centuries (see bully n.¹ 3a, Hector n. 2). Cf. billycock n.

ΚΠ

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 46. 246 He [sc. the Oxford ‘smart’] is easily distinguish'd by a stiff silk gown..a flaxen tie-wig..a broad bully-cocked hat, or a square cap of above twice the usual size.

1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xlvi. 255 A broad bully-cock'd hat, or a square cap of above twice the usual size.

1924 C. G. Harper Queer Things about London vi. 85 Peaceable citizens meeting a swaggering fellow with a bully-cocked hat adopted the wiser course and crossed to the other side of the street.

1998 I. Lawrence Wreckers vii. 61 He was a small man, hunched in the seat, wearing a bully-cocked hat white with dust.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	bully-cocked
释义	bully-cockedadj. Brit. /ˈbʊlɪkɒkt/, U.S. /ˈbʊliˌkɑkt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bully n.¹, cocked adj.³ Etymology: < bully n.¹ + cocked adj.³ Now historical and rare. Designating a type of hat, similar to a bowler, characteristically worn by the bullies or hectors of the late 17th and early 18th centuries (see bully n.¹ 3a, Hector n. 2). Cf. billycock n. ΚΠ 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 46. 246 He [sc. the Oxford ‘smart’] is easily distinguish'd by a stiff silk gown..a flaxen tie-wig..a broad bully-cocked hat, or a square cap of above twice the usual size. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xlvi. 255 A broad bully-cock'd hat, or a square cap of above twice the usual size. 1924 C. G. Harper Queer Things about London vi. 85 Peaceable citizens meeting a swaggering fellow with a bully-cocked hat adopted the wiser course and crossed to the other side of the street. 1998 I. Lawrence Wreckers vii. 61 He was a small man, hunched in the seat, wearing a bully-cocked hat white with dust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.1721
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