English Explanatory Dictionary

nestle-cock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood.
  2. A mama's boy, a delicate child; a spoiled brat.

Word forms

nestle-cock nestle-cocks nescock nestcock nestlecock

Etymology

From nestle + cock (“bird”). Compare nest-cock & nest-cockle.

Synonyms

sissy softy wuss nestlebub runt milksop brat cockney little emperor mama's boy
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