Cock-sure

Cock-sure certainty is one of the things that turn me off to fundamentalism, too.

trinityboy Diary Entry trinityboy 2006

"Cock-sure people are often most mistaken," said Miss Pinnegar.

The Lost Girl 1907

'Cock-sure has crowed low by sunset,' Mallard observed.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

'Cock-sure has crowed low by sunset,' Mallard observed.

The Amazing Marriage — Complete George Meredith 1868

'Cock-sure has crowed low by sunset,' Mallard observed.

The Amazing Marriage — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

Cock-sure convictions, wrapped in certainty only God holds, show that a believer is foolish.

The Vail Trail - All Sections 2009

[Illustration] "Wrong again, young Cock-sure," I said; "we shall just find our house of Commons settling down to the business of the night.

Punch Among the Planets Various

Cock-sure or no, they'll make no dash; but as soon as it begins to be light we shall have a hailstorm. "

The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War George Manville Fenn 1870