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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fine fellow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A fine fellow; -- a term of endearment.

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  • noun archaic A fine fellow.

Etymologies

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From Old French baud ("bold, gay") fine + cock ("bird")

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