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Unlike other cases such as cock-a-doodle-doos or words for “nose,” these words don’t share a meaning, but a function.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022

The two of them come off best together in a song-and-dance number, Well, Did You Evah?, in which Bing boo-boo-boos as Sinatra cock-a-doodle-doos.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ringleaders among them departed in rebellious spirits, which fizzed over in the playground into a series of aggressive cock-a-doodle-doos, significant of their attitude of annoyance.

From The Head Girl at the Gables by Brazil, Angela

Thereupon all the cocks in the vicinity responded with prolonged "cock-a-doodle-doos."

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave