Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A turkey-cock.
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Examples
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And by he would sail, as red in the face as a bubbly-jock, swelling his neck over his stock more largely than ever, and swinging his rattan by its tassel or whacking with it on his calves, satisfied once more to have put this merchant-body in his own place.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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Sit down, sir; sit down, if it please you, "he said more sternly, the scowl that gave him the _gruamach_ reputation coming on his face;" sit down, if it please you, and instead of ruffling up like the bubbly-jock over words, tell me, if you can, how to save a reputation from the gutter.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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The bubbly-jock, drumming and scraping and sidling ever nearer to the Captain's naked knees, finally with great outcry flew straight at the affronting kilts.
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Ralph Connor 1898
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With her kerchief she flipped into submission the haughty bubbly-jock and drew her father out of the steading.
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Ralph Connor 1898
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I heard him so addressed with a certain amount of awe, expecting an explosion of bubbly-jock displeasure.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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I heard him so addressed with a certain amount of awe, expecting an explosion of bubbly-jock displeasure.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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I heard him so addressed with a certain amount of awe, expecting an explosion of bubbly-jock displeasure.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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"Look at that vain bubbly-jock there, Papa," cried Moira, "he loves to have me notice him.
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Ralph Connor 1898
bilby commented on the word bubbly-jock
I'm dying to know what this is. The -jock part is very promising.
April 24, 2009
sionnach commented on the word bubbly-jock
My favorite episode of WKRP in Cincinnati was the one where they do the Thanksgiving promotion in which Les throws the bubbly-jocks from the helicopter to the crowds below.
April 24, 2009