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cockernony

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The bunch of hair folded up in a snood worn by a woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, obsolete

Examples

  • 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1. And so I will; for here are rosy partners. Ribbon’d and cockernonied*, by my faith! Like very queens. Coil of hair on the top of the head.

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