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Ian	Origin: Cock Up Your Beaver (Robert Burns?) (58* d)	RE: Origin: Cock Up Your Beaver (Robert Burns?)	22 Feb 08
Did I read somewhere that a beaver (skin) Top Hat had the ability to be folded flat. Thus to cock up the hat was to unfold it. Hence the phrase - knock that into a "cocked hat" or into an opened out hat.

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