Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A turkey-cock.
Examples
“And by he would sail, as red in the face as a bubbly-jock, swelling his neck over his stock more largely than ever, and swinging his rattan by its tassel or whacking with it on his calves, satisfied once more to have put this merchant-body in his own place.”
“Sit down, sir; sit down, if it please you, "he said more sternly, the scowl that gave him the _gruamach_ reputation coming on his face;" sit down, if it please you, and instead of ruffling up like the bubbly-jock over words, tell me, if you can, how to save a reputation from the gutter.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“The bubbly-jock, drumming and scraping and sidling ever nearer to the Captain's naked knees, finally with great outcry flew straight at the affronting kilts.”
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail
“With her kerchief she flipped into submission the haughty bubbly-jock and drew her father out of the steading.”
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail
“I heard him so addressed with a certain amount of awe, expecting an explosion of bubbly-jock displeasure.”
“Look at that vain bubbly-jock there, Papa," cried Moira, "he loves to have me notice him.”
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bubbly-jock’.
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Under The Kilt
Anything related to Scottish culture, cuisine, language, history and so on. Does not include Gaelic words unless acceptable (roughly speaking!) in a wider sense.
brae, machair, loch, burn, inverness, shieling, camanachd, shinty, diddy, bhoy, ghillie, brownie and 393 more...
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Scotch on the Rocks
The miracle of Google Books now makes available in digital form many literary treasures of the past, which would otherwise remain sequestered in dusty libraries. For instance, Charles Mackay's admi...
cockernonie, collie-shangie, bubbly-jock, blaw-i'-my-lug, buckle beggar, tinkle-sweetie, tappit-hen, tongue-ferdy, tittie-billie, todlaurel, tillie-soul, ultimus eekibus and 70 more...
Tweets
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sionnach My favorite episode of WKRP in Cincinnati was the one where they do the Thanksgiving promotion in which Les throws the bubbly-jocks from the helicopter to the crowds below. Apr 24, 2009
bilby I'm dying to know what this is. The -jock part is very promising. Apr 24, 2009