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pulpit. Ibid, p. 238. I have often heard the pulpit called the Coward's Castle, it being said to be 'six feet above argument.'
Cowcumber, subs. (vulgar).—A
corruption of 'cucumber.'
1821. W. T. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, Act iii., Sc. 3. Bob. Very vell, two pound, vith a pickled cowcumber, and a pen'orth o' ketchup.
1843. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, ch. xxv. In case there should be such a thing as a cowcumber in the house will you be so kind as bring it, for I'm rayther partial to 'em myself, and they does a world of good in a sick room.
Cow- (also Bushel- and Sluice-).
Cunted, adj. phr. (venery).—term
of opprobium applied to
women deformed by parturition
or debauchery.
Cow-Grease or Cow-Oil, subs.
(common).—Butter. For synonyms,
see Cart-grease.
Cow-Juice, subs. (popular).—Milk.
Cf., Bung-juice and Cow-grease.
For synonyms, see
Sky-blue.
Cow-Lick, subs. (common).—A
peculiar lock of hair, greased,
curled, brought forward from
the ear, and plastered on the
cheek. Once common amongst
costermongers and tramps. For
synonyms, see Aggerawators.
Cow-Oil.—See Cow-grease.
Cow-Puncher, subs. (American).—A
cowboy or herdsman.
1888. Detroit Free Press, 21 July. He was a cowboy, or, in Western parlance, a cow-puncher.
Cow-Quake, subs. (Irish).—The
roar of a bull.
Cows-and-Kisses, subs. (rhyming
slang).—The 'missus,' or mistress;
also women generally.
1887. Horsley, Jottings from Jail. Come, cows-and-kisses, put the battle of the Nile on your Barnet fair, and a rogue and villain in your sky-rocket.
Cow's-Baby or Babe, subs. (common).—A
calf. In Old Cant
bleating-cheat (q.v.). For
synonyms, see Mooer; Cf., Cow-juice
and Cow's-spouse. Also
a poltroon; Fr., un fouinard, un
fouetteux de chats, un fouailleur,
un foie, un flemard or flaquadin,
or un frileux.
1785. Grose, Dict. Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Cow-Shooter, subs. (Winchester
College).—A 'deerstalker' hat:
only worn by præfects and
'candle-keepers.'
Cow's-Spouse, subs. (old).—A
bull.—Grose [1785].
Cow With the Iron Tail, subs.
phr. (general).—A pump; the
source of the 'cooling medium'
for 'regulating' milk. Thus, Dr.
Wendell Holmes, in The Professor
at the Breakfast Table (1860):—It
is a common saying of a
jockey that he is all horse, and I
have often fancied that milkmen
get a stiff upright carriage, and
an angular movement that reminds
one of a pump and the
working of a handle. Also
black-cow; one-armed man;
and Simpson's cow (q.v.).
1867. Punch. The Rinderpest does not affect the cow with the iron tail.
1872. Standard, 25 Dec. Simpson . . . is, however, universally accepted as the title for that combined product of the Cow natural, and the cow with the iron tail.
