cock-bawd

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cock-bawd

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From cock (“male”) + bawd.

noun cock-bawds

historical A man who runs a brothel; a pimp. Mr. Brown (well known to be Proveditor-General in the Hundreds of Drury) was at the Door and wanted to speak with her herself, upon which she ordered her Maid to bid the Cock-Bawd come in, which she did […]

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@misc{cock_bawd_2026,
  title = {cock-bawd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cock-bawd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}