Nestle-cock

Alternative forms

• nestlecock

Origin

From nestle + cock. Compare nest-cock & nest-cockle.

Full definition of nestle-cock

Noun

1. (UK dialectical) The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood.
2. (UK dialectical, by extension) A mama's boy, a delicate child; a spoiled brat
• ante 1632, T. Middleton & al. Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662), iv. sig. E4vMy mother was wont to call me your Nestle-cock, and I love you as well as she did.
• 1986, P. O'Brian, Reverse of Medal, v. 161You ignorant incompetent whey-faced nestlecock.

Synonyms

• nestlebub, runt
• mama's boy, milksop
• spoiled brat