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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Pecok, -coke, n. [e.m.E. and ME. pekok (Piers Plowman), -cok (c 1386), -kokke (c 1440), -cocke (1553), f. ME. *pē, OE. péa (like OE. páwa, páwe, whence Pacok, f. L. pāvo) and cok Cok n.1] A peacock. — 15.. Clariodus iv. 1008.
As pecoke fetherum was hir buske alse faire a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxxxiii. 44.
In that a pecok thow hes taine
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