woodcock

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈwʊd.kɒk/

Etymology: From Old English wuducoc (“woodcock”), a nickname for a stupid or gullible person.

A surname from Old English.
A borough and neighbouring township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Etymology: From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.

Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
“"[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]"”
“The woodcook is not only a culinary delight but it is reputed to increase seminal fluid.”
A simpleton.
“If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"”
“"Now will that silly woodcock make such a report of what I have said to his chosen friend," observed Sir Robert to his companion when my Lord Cobham was out of hearing[…]”