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Cockshy
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; - so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
(2):
(n.) An object at which stones are flung.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cockshy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cockshy.html. 1828.