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Quotation dates: 1866
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COCKAT, n. Gen. in pl.: a scolding, in phrs. as in quot.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 30:
He ga' thim a' thir cockats roon. The wife set up's cockats till'im.
[The form is uncertain and may be erron. for Crockat in a somewhat different sense. Association with Eng. cocket, a customs clearance for a ship, seems improbable.]
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