"cock-bawd" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From cock (“male”) + bawd.",
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          "ref": "1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section VI",
          "text": "Mr. Brown (well known to be Proveditor-General in the Hundreds of Drury) was at the Door and wanted to speak with her herself, upon which she ordered her Maid to bid the Cock-Bawd come in, which she did […]",
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          "ref": "1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle",
          "text": "This gentleman no sooner entered the room, than Cadwallader, in a whisper to Gauntlet, asked if that was not the cock-bawd; and before the captain could make any reply, \"What an unconscionable whore-master the rogue is! (said he) […] \"",
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        "A man who runs a brothel; a pimp."
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        "(now historical) A man who runs a brothel; a pimp."
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