"Cockscomb" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... play at hodd man hout; 'E ain't the fust by many Wot's tried to Tommy-Dodd the rout With a two-'eaded penny. It's broke our trust; 'e can go 'ome With Toffdom for next neighbour. 'E won't cut Capital's cockscomb In the 'Oly Cause ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 19, 1892 • Various
... nothing. Only a bloody cockscomb. Come, be swift, Or, if thou wert a fox, thou'dst never slip Between 'em. Ah, ...
— Collected Poems - Volume Two (of 2) • Alfred Noyes
... together, that they form bridges between severed rocks and shelves and cornices broad and massive; oysters flatter than plates, oysters tubular as service gas-pipes; the gold-lipped mother of pearl, the black-lipped mother of pearl, the cockscomb, the coral rock oyster, the small but sweet rock oyster, two varieties of the common rock oyster, besides the trap-door, the hammer, and another of somewhat similar shape whose official and courtesy title are both alike unknown, but which furnished knives ...
— The Confessions of a Beachcomber • E J Banfield
... that Dandy deserved his name more than ever, and promptly quenched his vanities by answering, with a provoking laugh, "Then the name of the flower of the family is Cockscomb." ...
— Rose in Bloom - A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" • Louisa May Alcott
... chose to play at hodd man hout; 'E ain't the fust by many Wot's tried to Tommy-Dodd the rout With a two-'eaded penny. It's broke our trust; 'e can go 'ome With Toffdom for next neighbour. 'E won't cut Capital's cockscomb In the 'Oly ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 19, 1892 • Various |
