cocket

pert; saucy

Adjective

  1. pert; saucy
    • Let her legs be small, but not us'd to sprawl, / Her tongue not too loud nor cocket; - 1608, Thomas Heywood, The Rape of Lucrece, act 3, scene 1:

Origin

From French coquet (“coquettish”).

Forms

more cocket most cocket

Synonyms

cheeky

Related

cocket-bread

Noun

  1. A document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.
  2. An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.

Origin

From Middle English coket, possibly from Latin quo quietus.

Forms

cockets

Derived

cocket writer