First Known Use: 1592
Dictionary
cockshut
noun cock·shut \ˈkäk-ˌshət\
Definition of COCKSHUT
dial English : evening twilight
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Origin of COCKSHUT
from the time poultry are shut in to rest
Rhymes with COCKSHUT
abut, all but, beechnut, blind gut, brush cut, buzz cut, catgut, chestnut, clean-cut, clear-cut, cobnut, crew cut, crosscut, doughnut, foregut, groundnut, haircut, jump cut, kick butt, locknut, Meerut, midgut, offcut, peanut, pignut, pine nut, putt-putt, rebut, recut, rotgut, rough cut, sackbut, shortcut, somewhat, tut-tut, uncut, walnut, wing nut, woodcut
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