Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Cock-a-Hoop
And having routed the whole troop,
With victory was cock-a-hoop.
Butler.—Hudibras, Part I. Canto III. Line 13.
You’ll make a mutiny among my guests!
You will set cock-a-hoop! you’ll be the man!
Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act I. Scene 5. (Capulet to Tybalt.) The origin of this phrase is very doubtful. See Knight’s Shakespeare.