01 a. Perfectly safe.
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Perfectly safe.[Obs.]“We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible.” — Shak.
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Quite certain.[Colloq.]“I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me.” — Pope.
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overconfident; -- of people; as, the team was so cocksure of winning that they didn't practice in the week before the big game..[Colloq.]