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English
Etymology
Hotten (see References) suggests that cocum might be related to the Scottish keek (“peep or pry”).
Verb
fight cocum (third-person singular simple present fights cocum, present participle fighting cocum, simple past and past participle fought cocum)
- (thieves' cant, obsolete) To be wily and cautious.
1848, George William MacArthur Reynolds, Esther de Medina: Or, The Crimes of London, page 79:So Tim didn't fight cocum enough, and was grabbed.
1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 498:I have got the Yacks, so do not come it. Fight cocum.
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary