or nescock, nestle-cock, subs. (colloquial).—See quot. 1775.

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  1662.  FULLER, Worthies, ii., 55. One … made a wanton or a NESTLE COCK of.

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  1775.  ASH, Dictionary, s.v. NESTCOCK (a Cant word). A tenderling, a fondling.

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  1859.  G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.

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