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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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
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
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
The General entered the forest, and there hazel-hens were whistling, blackcocks were holding their bragging matches, and hares were running.
From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Isabel Florence Hapgood
