cocky; cockie
noun
1
a cockroach AUSTRALIA, 1984.
2
a cockatoo. Occasionally used loosely of other parrots. Frequently as a name for a pet cockatoo AUSTRALIA, 1834.
3
a sheep which has lost some of its wool AUSTRALIA, 1959.
4
a small-scale farmer. Often preceded by the crop or livestock farmed, such as COW COCKY and SPUD COCKY AUSTRALIA, 1871.
5
used as a term of endearment; hence as a more general form of address UK, 1687.► like cocky on the biscuit tinleft out; on the outside looking in. Referring to Arnott's™ biscuits which have since at least 1910 had a logo of a parrot eating a biscuit adorning their biscuit tins AUSTRALIA, 1970.► like the bottom of a cocky's cage(of the mouth or tongue) in a disgusting state from being hungover AUSTRALIA, 1986