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cockcrow

[ kok-kroh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the time at which a cock characteristically crows; daybreak; dawn:
He was in the kitchen each morning by cockcrow, making coffee and preparing breakfast.

cockcrow

/ ˈkɒkˌkrəʊ /

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; cock ¹, crow ²

I was up at cockcrow, heard Mass at the Grande glise, and bade good-bye to my amiable hostess.

Then he turned round and the swathed figures disappeared suddenly as ghosts at cockcrow.

Each day has twelve hours, twice the length of ours, of which the first begins at cockcrow.

Gigi, if you get up before cockcrow again I'll break your nose the next night while you sleep.

At the second cockcrow she tried to get into the coffin, and unavailingly begged him to take out the cross.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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