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Cockshy
(A ). A free fling or “shy” at something. The allusion
is to the once popular Shrove-Tuesday sport of shying or casting
stones or sticks at cocks. This sport is now superseded by
pigeon-shooting, which is thought to be more aristocratic! but can
hardly be deemed more humane.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Cockshy from Infoplease:
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