Associations to the word «Cocket»
Noun
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Wiktionary
COCKET, noun. (UK) (obsolete) a document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.
COCKET, noun. (UK) (obsolete) An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
COCKET, noun. (obsolete) A measure for bread.
COCKET, adjective. (obsolete) pert; saucy
COCKET WRITER, noun. (UK) (dated) an official in the bond office whose duties included collecting duty on imported goods and issuing the relevant documentation.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.