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Examples of cocky

A U.S. ambassador to the region called him “rude” and “cocky” in a diplomatic cable later revealed by WikiLeaks. The West Australian newspaper harangued England through Perth airport, called them crybabys, arrogant and cocky. The Chicago Bears didn’t want to seem cocky. Cocky (third-person singular simple present cockies, present participle cockying, simple past and past participle cockied) Example queries I can run are “Which words in English are borrowed from French?”, “Which words were first used by Charles Dickens?” or “How are words added to the dictionary?”.

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