blackcock
noun
the male of the black grouse.
blackcocks
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pluralof blackcock.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"It is, indeed," she said, "a good morning's hunting to have got five blackcocks, but it was still better when in one morning a king of Norway took five kings and subdued all their kingdoms."
From Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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
He was not at all certain that there were no more blackcocks in the county.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson
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
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
