nestle-cock

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nestle-cock

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

noun nestle-cocks · nescock · nestcock · nestlecock

  1. UK, dialectal The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood.

    Similar: nestlebub, runt

  2. UK, broadly, dialectal A mama's boy, a delicate child; a spoiled brat. Indeed, my mother was wont to call me your Nestle-cock, and I love you as well as she did.

    Similar: milksop, brat, cockney, little emperor, mama's boy

Similar: sissy, softy, wuss

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Similar: sissy, softy, wuss

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@misc{nestle_cock_2026,
  title = {nestle-cock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nestle-cock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}