Flat Caps & Cocking Your Dock
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I would google it, but I am on work WiFi and not that brave 
Yeah the first few google search results were adult oriented....not about this topic.
**** means to tilt, so then I looked for a "dock hat" which do exist but look more like what is commonly called a "toboggan" in my area. Based on all that I might imagine it means to wear the flat cap with an exaggerated tilt. That instead of "doning your dock" you would "**** your dock" and head out to town.
**** means to tilt, so then I looked for a "dock hat" which do exist but look more like what is commonly called a "toboggan" in my area. Based on all that I might imagine it means to wear the flat cap with an exaggerated tilt. That instead of "doning your dock" you would "**** your dock" and head out to town.
Apparently if one is to **** his cap it get censored....but if one cocks his cap, it's OKI would google it, but I am on work WiFi and not that brave
So one **** is not allowed but two cocks is
I'm going to take a wild swing at this.
Is it repositioning the cap on your head so the peak sits higher on the forehead, giving a slightly angled up appearance?
Is it repositioning the cap on your head so the peak sits higher on the forehead, giving a slightly angled up appearance?
Yup.
"Tilt" would be a better word for today's Google searches
Remove the # from below as it even censors hyperlinks
C0ck your hat – angles are attitudes. ~ Frank Sinatra
Put on a hat, give it a tilt, and suddenly you have a little more attitude....
Yeah google can take a duel meaning word and dominate it with the inappropriate version.
I don't tend to tilt my cap to the side but think that is the more common way. I do tilt mine upwards on occasions but only if I'm getting warm with it on.
I don't tend to tilt my cap to the side but think that is the more common way. I do tilt mine upwards on occasions but only if I'm getting warm with it on.
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It originates from pre-Health & Safety days when flat caps were worn by stable lads and work riders in the racing industry. Cocking your dock works best on an eight-piece cap where the peak has a popper. The peak was turned upwards at the beginning of the gallops and the cap became more secure. It works just as well for people on foot who get caught in a gale.
Cool, I live in windy Wellington. Handy to know.
