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 Coins.Coke upon Littleton. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Coke.
 
To cry coke. To cry pecca’vi; to ask for mercy. Ruddiman says “coke” is the sound which cocks utter when they are beaten.   1
 


 Coins.Coke upon Littleton. 

 
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