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by cock and pie

phrase

Definitions

  1. A mild oath.

    • By cocke and pie, you ſhall not chooſe, Sir: come, come.
    • By cock a pie and Mous-foot Dent bring's in, / Examples to express forbidden Sin:
    • "How much a glass, think you?" says Fred, filling another bumper. "A half-crown, think ye?—a half-crown, Honeyman? By cock and pye, it is not worth a bender."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA