cockcrow
Origin of cockcrow
1- Also cock crow·ing [kok-kroh-ing] /ˈkɒkˌkroʊ ɪŋ/ .
Words Nearby cockcrow
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How to use cockcrow in a sentence
I was up at cockcrow, heard Mass at the Grande glise, and bade good-bye to my amiable hostess.
With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War | Charles Edward RyanThen he turned round and the swathed figures disappeared suddenly as ghosts at cockcrow.
Morocco | S.L. BensusanEach day has twelve hours, twice the length of ours, of which the first begins at cockcrow.
Indo-China and Its Primitive People | Henry BaudessonGigi, if you get up before cockcrow again I'll break your nose the next night while you sleep.
Such is Life | Frank WedekindAt the second cockcrow she tried to get into the coffin, and unavailingly begged him to take out the cross.
The Grateful Dead | Gordon Hall Gerould
British Dictionary definitions for cockcrow
cockcrowing
/ (ˈkɒkˌkrəʊ) /
daybreak
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