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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cock up your Head

[foot, etc.]. Lift up, turn up your head or foot. The allusion is to cocking hay, i.e. lifting it into small heaps or into the haycart. (See Cock Of Hay)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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