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English word cock-knocker comes from English knocker, English cock

knocker (English)

(dated, slang) A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.. (geology) A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.. (particularly in Cardigan etc. in South Wales, 18th to 19th century) A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.. [...]

cock (English)

(British, NZ, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.. (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.. (dated, humorous) A chief man; a leader or master.. (informal) shuttlecock. (informal, British, Tasmania) Term of address.. (slang, vulgar) The penis.. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.. A male bird, especially:. A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus [...]

cock-knocker (English)

(pejorative, vulgar) An annoying or despicable person.

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