nodcock
/ˈnɒdkɒk/Now chiefly archaic and regional
noun
A fool; a simpleton.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Breton (?1555–c1626), poet. Probably from nod + -cock, hypocoristic suffix. Compare slightly earlier nodgecock and slightly later niddicock.
- flyer
- fly-fish
- fly fishing
- fly gallery
- fly guy
- fly half
- fly high
- fly-in
- fly-in, fly-out
- flying
- flying bishop
- flying boat
- flying bomb
- flying bridge
- flying buttress
- flying cane toad
- flying change
- flying disc
- flying disk
- flying doctor
- flying dragon
- Flying Dutchman
- flying fish
- flying fortress
- flying fox