英和和英

名詞

paycock (複数形 paycocks)

1. (nonstandard, まれに) Pronunciation spelling of peacock.
   • 1924, Sean O'Casey, Juno and the Paycock
   • 2000, Patrick Kennedy, Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts‎^[1]:

     The great Irish joiant, Fann Mac Cuil, lived to be a middle-aged man, without ever meeting his match, and so he was as proud as a paycock.

   • 2000 June 17, Bill Palmer, “Clarification Of Term "Redneck"”, in alt.usage.english, Usenet:

     ... find some impeccable prose in this newsgroup if you hold the noise >down and pay attention instead of strutting around like a bloomin' paycock.