[a. F. beau coq ‘fine cock,’ for bewcock (cf. bawshere).] A colloquial or burlesque term of endearment: = Fine fellow, good fellow.
1599. Shaks., Hen. V., III. ii. 25. Good Bawcock bate thy Rage. Ibid., IV. i. 44. The King’s a Bawcock, and a Heart of Gold.
1862. H. Ainsworth, Constable of T., 131. One of the gamesome little bawcock’s jests.
