Green’s Dictionary of Slang

nocky n.

a fool, a simpleton.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Nocky c. a silly, dull Fellow.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].

In compounds

nocky boy (n.)

(UK Und.) a dullard, a simpleton.

1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.