cocket

English

cocket (plural cockets)

(UK, obsolete or historical) A document issued by the bond office as a receipt stating that customs duty has been paid.
- 1764, Sugar Act:
  if they are goods that liable to the payment of any duty, either upon the importation into, or upon the exportation from, the said colonies or plantation, the said cocket or cockets shall likewise distinctly specify that the duties have been paid for the same, referring to the times or dates of entry and payment of such duties, and by whom they were paid; which cocket or cockets shall be produced by the master of such ship or vessel, to the collector or other principal officer of the customs at the port of place where such ship or vessel shall arrive in any of the British colonies or plantations in America, before any part of the goods are unladen or put on shore
- 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations:
  Goods carried coastwise, indeed, require certificates or coast-cockets.
- 1997, Jonathan Hooton, The Glaven Ports:
  the customer issued a cocket which was sent to the searcher. He in turn recorded what he found in the boat and checked this against the cocket
(UK, obsolete) An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
Synonym: cocket office

cocket (third-person singular simple present cockets, present participle cocketing, simple past and past participle cocketed)

From French coquet (“coquettish”).

cocket (comparative more cocket, superlative most cocket)

(obsolete) pert; saucy
- 1608, Thomas Heywood, The Rape of Lucrece, act 3, scene 1:
  Let her legs be small, but not us'd to sprawl, / Her tongue not too loud nor cocket;