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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1604-1605, 1684
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(Thristill-cok,) Thrissel-cock, Thissell-cok, Throstlecocke, n. [ME and e.m.E. threstelkok (c1300), þrostil-, thrustel-, thrustil-kok (all Chaucer), thruschylcok (Lydgate), throstle cocke (1604); Thristill n. and cok (cf. Cok n.1 1).] The male thrush. — a1500 Sir Eger 921 (P).
The throstlecocke, the nightingale, The laueracke a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xli 5.
The thissell-cok cryis On louers vha lyis 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii 18.
Serinus Gesneri. An qui nostratibus thrissel-cock dicitur?
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