blackcock
Americannoun
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blackcocks
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of blackcock
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at black, cock 1
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"Yes, of course, I had time to fire, but the blackcock had also time to get away."
From Vagaries by Axel Munthe
Although the blackcock is a noble bird in appearance, he is dull and heavy, and is easily bagged.
From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous
But most terribly was the Notary ruffled—just like a blackcock; when he had once begun, he poured forth his speech without a pause, and adorned it most effectively by his gestures.
From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by George Rapall Noyes
The wolf feeds on the rat, hare, fox, badger, roebuck, stag, reindeer and elk; likewise upon blackcock and capercali.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
Where the lady-fern grows strongest, Where the morning dew lies longest, Where the blackcock sweetest sips it.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Robert Naylor
One day they had been hawking, and when they let slip the falcons, Harald's falcon killed two blackcocks in one flight and three in another.
From Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Sweet lass, will ye gang wi' me, Where blackcocks crow, and plovers cry?
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
In the woody cleughs yonder they are thick as blackcocks in August,” cried the Major impatiently.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
Out in the clearing the blackcocks with their wide-spread spotted tails were fighting, while the hens strutting near, craning and chattering, probably some gossip about their fighting swains, watched and were delighted with them.
From Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski
He was not at all certain that there were no more blackcocks in the county.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson
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