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Cuckold   Listen
noun
Cuckold  n.  
1.
A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter).
(b)
The cowfish.





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"Cuckold" Quotes from Famous Books



... any man's disasters, or misfortunes, the subject of my satire. I never reproached any man for having his house burnt, ships cast away, or his family ruined. I never lampooned a man because he could not pay his debts, or for his being a cuckold. ...
— The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) - Vol. IV • Theophilus Cibber
... to gang awa', A cuckold, coward loon is he! Wha last beside his chair shall fa', He is the king amang us three! We are na fou, we're no that fou, But just a drappie in our e'e; The cock may craw, the day may daw, And aye ...
— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. • Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham
... That drop of blood that's calm proclaims me bastard; Cries cuckold to my father; brands the harlot Even here, between the chaste unsmirched brow ...
— Hamlet • William Shakespeare
... little, in all conscience, for her; take a bigger token, cuckold. Et tu, Brute, whom I saved? O the ...
— The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) - The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian • John Dryden


Words linked to "Cuckold" :   cheat, wander, lead on, husband, delude, hubby, two-time, play around


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