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Dear MG: the only use of "cock-up" I have ever heard is used to describe the splint used after correction of fracture of the radius at the wrist, in which it is very important to have the wrist halfway dorsiflexed.
My dictionary gives only "British Slang - a state or instance of confusion, mix-up"
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