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Examples
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Gotta love these pretend-warriors, kinda like W and his cod-piece swagger in front of the “Mission Accomplished” banner on the Aircraft Carrier.
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In the event of an underpant ban, Superman might want to look into a cod-piece or dance belt, assuming they did not count as undies.
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Weird, no matter where I move, the Nite-Owl follows me with his cod-piece.
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It was some guy in a red leather uh…kind of like short shorts but with a built in cod-piece large enough to hold the family jewels AND the good silverware.
We'll always have Paris. Don Lewis 2007
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It was some guy in a red leather uh…kind of like short shorts but with a built in cod-piece large enough to hold the family jewels AND the good silverware.
Archive 2007-11-01 Don Lewis 2007
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I was shocked after my years in NY and the uniform/suit wearing and the utterly useless fashion replacement for the cod-piece, the tie.
Alas, Rachel is Back!! With Another “Serious Question(s)…” 2006
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A disgracefuly orchestrated photo-op, complete with Dubya wearing a cod-piece enhanced flightsuit, and using our military as a backdrop.
Think Progress » “Americans will speak of the battles like Fallujah 2006
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The moment the stranger alighted, he ordered his mule to be led into the stable, and his cloak-bag to be brought in; then opening, and taking out of it his crimson-sattin breeches, with a silver-fringed — (appendage to them, which I dare not translate) — he put his breeches, with his fringed cod-piece on, and forth-with, with his short scymetar in his hand, walked out to the grand parade.
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Forthwith he proceeds to offer advice to the actors about their behaviour: 'And this I bar, over and besides, that none of you stroke your beards to make action, play with your cod-piece points, or stand fumbling on your buttons, when you know not how to bestow your fingers.
The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne
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Why, what a ruthless thing is this in him, for the rebellion of a cod-piece to take away the life of a man!
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