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The Vulgar Tongue on Nostr: COXCOMB. Anciently, a fool. Fools, in great families, wore a cap with bells, on the ...

COXCOMB. Anciently, a fool. Fools, in great families, wore a cap with bells, on the top of which was a piece of red cloth, in the shape of a cock's comb. At present, coxcomb signifies a fop, or vain self-conceited fellow.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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