... named the empire Liliput? Mr Callow suggests that “Cock and Bottle,” a not uncommon device, often abbreviated into the “Cock,” should be “Cork and Bottle.” But “Cock and Bottle” may refer wines ...

... extremely common tavern terminology ; thus the “Cock,'' the Bear,” and the Falcon bear evidence to the old pastimes of cock-fighting, bear-baiting, and hawking, once so dear to our ancestors. At the Cock Tavern, in Fleet-street, hard by Temple Bar, noted ...