Meaning of nestle-cock | Babel Free
Definitions
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The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood. UK, dialectal
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A mama's boy, a delicate child; a spoiled brat. UK, broadly, dialectal
Examples
“Indeed, my mother was wont to call me your Nestle-cock, and I love you as well as she did.”
“I meet with a double sense of this word Cockney: some taking it for, 1. One coaks'd or cocker'd (made a wanton or nestlecock of, delicately bred and brought up), so that when grown men or women they can endure no hardship, nor comport with pains-taking. 2. One utterly ignorant of husbandry or housewifery […]”
“You ignorant incompetent whey-faced nestlecock.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.