cock of the roost in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cocks of the roost",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "A proud or conceited person."
      ],
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          "proud",
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic) A proud or conceited person."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cock of the walk"
        },
        {
          "word": "rooster"
        }
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cock of the roost"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cocks of the roost",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cocks of the roost"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English idioms",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A proud or conceited person."
      ],
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        [
          "proud",
          "proud"
        ],
        [
          "conceited",
          "conceited"
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        "(idiomatic) A proud or conceited person."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cock of the walk"
    },
    {
      "word": "rooster"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cock of the roost"
}

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"cock of the roost" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms