“Eat it, swallow it, the pond’s deepest tar.”

Second install­ment in an occasional series of COCKY extras.

First installment in an occasional series of COCKY extras.

We feel like Dorothy when she said goodbye to the Scarecrow.

My Arse — Lock — Wide Boy — Doss. The final Cocky Companion!

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Twentieth!

Wine gums? Marmite? Peg? A guide to Cocky’s vernacular.

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Nineteenth

Strewth? Guff? Scuppered? What’s Cocky on about this time?

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Eighteenth

Nissen Hut? Wankered? Once-over? Cocky’s Britishisms, explained.

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Seventeenth

Jackanory? White van? Suss? Clock? What’s Cocky on about now?

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Sixteenth

Frigging? Towpath? Gob­smacked? What’s Cocky on about now?

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Fifteenth

Who ends sentences with “Me” or “Like,” or fills them with “Sort of”?

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Fourteenth

Come-on- ness? Chap? Frank Champard? What’s Cocky on about now?

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Thirteenth

Wot — Meself — Innit. The badgers’ lexical cock­punching, explained.

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Twelfth

Mate? Geezer? Face? What’s Cocky on about this time?

The Ballad of Cocky the Fox: Fit the Eleventh