coxy

English

Adjective

coxy (comparative coxier, superlative coxiest)

  1. (obsolete) cocky
    • 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
      He's the coxiest young blackguard in the house.
    • 1859, George Eliot, Adam Bede
      […] couldn't abide a fellow who thought he made himself fine by being coxy to's betters […]
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