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"Stop it!" growled her brother, but she cocked her wrist at him as if to say This is my hand to play; let me do it as I like.
My dictionary says cock means to tilt to one side. But I can't imagine how one tilits her wrist towards someone. Can anybody describe what an action it looks like to "cock her wrist at him"?
"Stop it!" growled her brother, but she cocked her wrist at him as if to say This is my hand to play; let me do it as I like.
My dictionary says cock means to tilt to one side. But I can't imagine how one tilits her wrist towards someone. Can anybody describe what an action it looks like to "cock her wrist at him"?
cock one wrist? 
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