The act or game of playing cockshy; throwing projectiles at a rooster or target in a fairground setting.
Present participle of 'cockshy' (to play the game), formed with the '-ing' suffix. Describes the action of participating in this throwing game.
Cockshying was considered such normal fun that it was mentioned in literature and documented at fairs right up until the 1800s—it shows how attitudes toward animal cruelty changed dramatically over just a few centuries.
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