cod-on n.
(Irish) a practical joke.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | ‘Beginnings’ in Honest Ulsterman 37-41 9: Father [...] had warned me about ‘cod-ons’ – the apprentice sent traipsing from shed to shed in search of ‘the rubber-headed hammer’ or ‘bucket of blue steam’ . |
(Irish) a practical joke.
| ‘Beginnings’ in Honest Ulsterman 37-41 9: Father [...] had warned me about ‘cod-ons’ – the apprentice sent traipsing from shed to shed in search of ‘the rubber-headed hammer’ or ‘bucket of blue steam’ . |