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bawcock

Shakespearean Definition:

Noun - Good fellow, a term of endearment, "my good sir"

Frequency: 4

Here are all of the speeches where bawcock shows up across the corpus:

Henry V

Be merciful , great duke , to men of mold . Abate
thy rage , abate thy manly rage , abate thy rage , great
duke . Good bawcock , ’bate thy rage . Use lenity ,
sweet chuck .

Henry V

The King’s a bawcock and a heart of gold , a lad
of life , an imp of fame , of parents good , of fist most
valiant . I kiss his dirty shoe , and from heartstring I
love the lovely bully . What is thy name ?

The Winter's Tale

I’ fecks !
Why , that’s my bawcock . What , hast smutched thy
nose ?
They say it is a copy out of mine . Come , captain ,
We must be neat — not neat , but cleanly , captain .
And yet the steer , the heifer , and the calf
Are all called neat . — Still virginalling
Upon his palm ? — How now , you wanton calf ?
Art thou my calf ?

Twelfth Night

Why , how now , my bawcock ? How
dost thou , chuck ?