Idiom
cock and Hen
SlangCockney rhyming slang
Meaning
ten
Examples
“I have a cock and hen of those old coins.”
“The shopkeeper told me the price was a cock and hen, so I paid him and left.”
“He counted out a cock and hen of gold pieces, placing them carefully upon the wooden table before the merchant.”
Examples
simple
“I have a cock and hen of those old coins.”
contextual
“The shopkeeper told me the price was a cock and hen, so I paid him and left.”
complex
“He counted out a cock and hen of gold pieces, placing them carefully upon the wooden table before the merchant.”
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