See Also: cockalorum(dictionary)

manhood (iou) and cockalorum (iou)


manhood (iou)



manhood noun. ME.
[from MAN noun + -HOOD.]
I.
The state or condition of being human; human Nature. ME.
Humaneness ME-L16.
II.
The state of being a man, as opposed to a boy or a woman, or both. LME.
Manliness, courage; (now esp.) virility, male sexual potency. LME.
b. The male external genitals; the penis. M20.
Men collectively; the adult male members of a population, country, etc. L16.

cockalorum (iou)



cockalorum noun. colloq. E18.
[Arbitrary, from COCK noun1.]
A self-important little man.
hey cockalorum, hi cockalorum, high cockalorum: (the cry in) a game like leap-frog.