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May 25, 2012
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Cockswain

or COXSWAIN [cox'n ]. The swain or servant of the cock or boat, together with its crew. (Anglo-Saxon, swan or swein, a youth or servant, and cock, a boat.) (See Cockboat)

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