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{{also|horsecock}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|horsecock}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-horse cock.ogg|a=AU}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|countable|vulgar|literally}} The [[penis]] of a [[horse]] or a similar [[equid]].
# {{lb|en|countable|vulgar|figuratively|slang}} A very large [[penis]].
#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:macropenis}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1962|author=Henry Miller|title=Sexus|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=mh66aBWvGWAC&pg=PA184|page=184|publisher=Grove Press|year_published=1987|isbn=0802151809
|passage=Well, if anybody had a big cock it was Bill Woodruff. It was a veritable '''horse cock'''.}}
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# {{lb|en|uncountable|slang|chiefly|_|military}} [[sausage|Sausage]] such as [[baloney]] or [[salami]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=Lewis M. Andrews|title=Tempest, Fire & Foe: Destroyer Escorts in World War II and the Men Who Manned Them|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=TGVd1RDfYIkC&pg=PA50|page=50|publisher=Trafford Publishing|year_published=2004|isbn=1412021588
|passage={{…}} Those who served on the Mediterranean convoys may remember that we had to carry food for the round trip, and the last 1000-2000 miles were a steady diet of baloney. We felt "'''horse cock'''" was good enough for prisoners too, especially those who ordered "Fire!" on our ships.}}
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# {{lb|en|uncountable|slang}} [[nonsense|Nonsense]], that which is illogical and lacks any meaning, reason{{,}} or value.
#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:nonsense}}
#* '''1925''', Ernest Hemingway, letter to Harold Loeb dated 5 January 1925, quoted in Kenneth Schuyler Lynn, ''Hemingway'', Harvard University Press (1995; first published 1987), {{ISBN|0674387325}}, [http://books.google.com/books?id=W-cAkit-JMcC&pg=PA266 page 266]:
#*: Don said it was all '''horse cock''' except they didn't want to lead off with a book of short stories no matter whether good or not.
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====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|horse-cocked}}

===References===
* {{R:GDoS|id=3zokxoa|pos=n}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ccehkoors|cock-horse|cockhorse}}

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