"cock" = "penis": from 1618 (at least)

[Wilson Gray]

Good catch, Joel! I''m convinced.

-Wilson

On 7/12/06, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> Not as early as 1618, but amusing nevertheless--and surely an equating.
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> The title is, more completely, "A Victualler or Publican. Erected ot
> of his on Implements without Assistance of Nature."  No. 11 is "Cock
> w.th Rubbing Clout".
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> Joel
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>  From another list:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I don't know if this is helpful anymore, but for what it's worth the
> >play on "cock" and spout appears as a visual pun in this 1740
> >etching
> >of
> ><http://lwlimages.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneITEM.asp?pid=lwlpr00977&iid=lwlpr00977>http://lwlimages.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneITEM.asp?pid=lwlpr00977&iid=lwlpr00977
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