Definition of "cockey" [cockey]

• A common sewer. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He's a cockey confident son of a bitch and I like him."
• "If I worked at a financially troubled corporation, and I had a say on who to hire to replace a crooked CEO that had nearly run the company into financial ruin, I sure as hell am NOT going to hand the reigns of my future over to a cockey, inexperienced, fast-talker."
• "Biology must then go on to recognize that when it comes to understanding what is going on in the DNA, it is a science in its infancy, or maybe cockey adolescence."