puttock (n.) Old form(s): Puttocke
kite; greedy scavenger
2H6 III.ii.191[Warwick to Queen] Who finds the partridge in the puttock's nest, / But may imagine how the bird was dead
Cym I.ii.71[Innogen to Cymbeline] I chose an eagle, / And did avoid a puttock
TC V.i.58[Thersites alone] To be ... an owl, a puttock, or a herring without a roe, I would not care
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