The 855 occurrences of cocky
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"Certainly," says Henny-penny and Cocky-locky.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.
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"Where are you going to, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles?" says Goosey-poosey.
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we're going to tell the king the sky's a-falling," says Henny-penny, and Cocky-locky and Ducky-daddles.
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"Certainly," says Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.
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"Where are you going, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey?" says Turkey-lurkey.
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we're going to tell the king the sky's a-falling," says Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey.
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"May I come with you, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey?" says Turkey-lurkey.
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"Oh, certainly, Turkey-lurkey," says Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddies, and Goosey-poosey.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddies, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey all went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.
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So they went along, and they went along, and they went along till they met Foxy-woxy, and Foxy-woxy says to Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey: "Where are you going, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey?"
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And Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-Poosey, and Turkey-lurkey says to Foxy-woxy: "We're going to tell the king the sky's a-falling."
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but this is not the way to the king, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey," says Foxy-woxy; "I know the proper way; shall I show it you?"
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"Oh, certainly, Foxy-woxy," says Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, Turkey-lurkey, and Foxy-woxy all went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.
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But Foxy-woxy says to Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddies, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey: "This is the short way to the king's palace; you'll soon get there if you follow me.
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I will go first and you come after, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey," "Why, of course, certainly, without doubt, why not?" says Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.
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So Foxy-woxy went into his cave, and he didn't go very far, but turned round to wait for Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.
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Then Cocky-locky strutted down into the cave, and he hadn't gone far when "Snap, Hrumph!" went Foxy-woxy, and Cocky-locky was thrown alongside of Turkey-lurkey, Goosey-poosey, and Ducky-daddles.
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[Illustration: "THIS IS THE SHORT WAY"] But Foxy-woxy had made two bites at Cocky-locky, and when the first snap only hurt Cocky-locky, but didn't kill him, he called out to Henny-penny.
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"All right, cocky; hand me that sword."
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Indeed, he was beginning to feel quite cocky, till, on looking round, he found a swarthy little fellow behind him.
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"Don't be too cocky about that.
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He was as cocky as though he'd done something to speak of--been captain of his eleven, or passed a beastly exam., or something--but we never could find that he had done anything.
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hadn't been so cocky about not telling us, we could have exposed the truth to them in all its uninteresting nature.
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So she went along, and she went along, and she went along till she met Cocky-locky.
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"Where are you going, Henny-penny?" says Cocky-locky.
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"May I come with you?" says Cocky-locky.
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So Henny-penny and Cocky-locky went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.
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"Where are you going to, Henny-penny and Cocky-locky?" says Ducky-daddles.
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we're going to tell the king the sky's a-falling," said Henny-penny and Cocky-locky.
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"Certainly," said Henny-penny and Cocky-locky.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.
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"Where are you going to, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles?" said Goosey-poosey.
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we're going to tell the king the sky's a-falling," said Henny-penny and Cocky-locky and Ducky-daddles.
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"Certainly," said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.
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"Where are you going, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey?" says Turkey-lurkey.
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we're going to tell the king the sky's a-falling," said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey.
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"May I come with you, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey?" said Turkey-lurkey.
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"Oh, certainly, Turkey-lurkey," said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey all went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.
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So they went along, and they went along, and they went along, till they met Foxy-woxy, and Foxy-woxy said to Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey: "Where are you going, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey?"
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And Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey said to Foxy-woxy: "We're going to tell the king the sky's a-falling."
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but this is not the way to the king, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey," says Foxy-woxy; "I know the proper way; shall I show it you?"
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"Oh, certainly, Foxy-woxy," said Henny-Penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, Turkey-lurkey, and Foxy-woxy all went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.
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But Foxy-woxy said to Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey: "This is the short way to the king's palace; you'll soon get there if you follow me.
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I will go first and you come after, Henny-Penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey."
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"Why of course, certainly, without doubt, why not?" said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.
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So Foxy-woxy went into his cave, and he didn't go very far, but turned round to wait for Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.
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Then Cocky-locky strutted down into the cave, and he hadn't gone far when "Snap, Hrumph!" went Foxy-woxy and Cocky-locky was thrown alongside of Turkey-lurkey, Goosey-poosey, and Ducky-daddles.
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But Foxy-woxy had made two bites at Cocky-locky, and when the first snap only hurt Cocky-locky, but didn't kill him, he called out to Henny-penny.
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Her people are still cocky and defiant.
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He had tackle and we fished along, just for nothing hardly, and I got cocky and jiggled the boat.
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A middle aged man traveling alone on a train to nowhere, Nongkai, and then to the sister city of Vientiene, could hardly be exempt of internal lonely burnings any more than he could feel stable when twirling around in this chase within the self no matter how insouciant or cocky he seemed when reflected from others in a figurative mirror or himself in the literal one.
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But Wilson, cosy and cocky in his own good opinion, was impervious to the chilly winds of scorn.
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"Tell him," he said, "that he can have cocky-leeky soup, boiled cod and oyster sauce, loin of mutton, apple charlotte, and cheese straws--any or all of them he likes."
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Little Morrison isn't a bad sort of fellow, when you can get him to make up his mind, and the Curtis lot are getting a deal too cocky.'
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I thought perhaps it meant to put down the lowest bar on the gate at the end of the garden, where Hoodie sometimes creeps through to the cocky field.
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"Tell me why do you call that field 'the cocky field'?"
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"That's what makes Hoodie so fond of going in the cocky field.
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And by the time they reached "the cocky field," it was crowned with success.
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"Wait and see," says he, noddin' his head cocky.
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"Don't get too cocky over that showing," warned Bartz, inclined to be cautious.
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The clothing outfit consisted of a pair of light-blue pantaloons, similar colored overcoat with a cape to it, dark blue jacket, heavy shoes and woolen socks, an ugly, abominable cocky little cap patterned after the then French army style, gray woolen shirt, and other ordinary under-clothing.
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Walking through San Mateo, Carl swung his cocky green hat and scanned the sky for aircraft.
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He's so cocky!
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The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs. Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
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'Yes, he is rather cocky,' Wendy admitted with regret.
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'Alf a jiffey, cocky,' I said, 'an' I'll 'ave a climb up atween them paws of yours.'
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"'You mustn't call me cocky,' remarked the Lion, reprovingly, when I had once landed up safe and sound; 'you must call me Lal.'
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"'Ere, 'old on 'arf a mo', cocky,' I shouted.
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"'Oh, _don't_ call me cocky,' entreated Lal, 'and what _do_ you mean by that expression "hold on"?
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And somehow I'd always been able to dig one up for him, so I'd begun to get a bit cocky as to my ability.
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"Lead on and we'll sink these cocky soldiers as we've done to many an East Indiaman!"
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"Don't you make too sure of that, Cocky.
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"Think nothing of it," he said, looking more cocky than modest in spite of his words.
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[_Reads._] Gown of white cloth with Postillion coat of Rose du Barri silk, motifs of silver, forty-five guineas---- _Dolly._ You won't grumble at that, for when I first put it on, you stood and looked at me and said, "I want to know how it is, Doll, that the moment a dress gets on to your shoulders, it seems to brisk up, and be as cocky and proud of itself----" [_Again attempting to embrace him._ _Harry._ [_Again repulsing her._] Yes, well now I do know!
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Jolly proud and cocky your dresses ought to feel at this price!
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The others nearby were busy doing the same thing, but few of them set about it with the air of cocky jauntiness that Hawkes wore.
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Stelton asked him about it, an' when Smithy repeated what he said before and got plumb cocky about it, Mike there smeared him plenty.
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These cocky E's!
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And they got very cocky, and went about saying you were done for this time!
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"Thank ye, sir," said the lad uneasily; "but I don't want you to think I'm cocky and knowing, and like to be thought double cunning."
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Cocky is a common abbreviation.
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"You're as cocky as a rooster," expostulated the other.
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However cocky or anarchistic they might feel in their new freedom you could pull them up with a sharp turn by an appeal to their sense of justice.
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Of course he is a little cocky-third lieutenants on their first commission generally are, but he is kind-hearted and likes to makes himself popular, and he will wink one eye when you take a nap under a gun, which is no mean virtue.
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She caressed my little cocky for a moment or two, which gave me a kind of longing for her to go on.
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He's pretty cocky this mornin'.
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_Cocky-leeky Soup._ Take a scrag of mutton, or shank of veal, three quarts of water (or liquor in which meat has been boiled), and a good-sized fowl, with two or three leeks cut in pieces about an inch long, pepper and salt; boil slowly about an hour: then put in as many more leeks, and give it three-quarters of an hour longer: this is very good, made of good beef-stock, and leeks put in it twice.