cockcrow
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cockcrow
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; see origin at cock 1, crow 2
Example Sentences
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Just after cockcrow on the Friday of the Crucifixion, the betrayer of Jesus Christ learned that the Sanhedrin had condemned the Messiah, that he had been taken before Pontius Pilate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Gabriel's first cockcrow, seven Messiahs have done their miraculous best to redeem mankind.
From Time Magazine Archive
Premier Chautemps bundled his Cabinet into a motorcade which brought them before cockcrow to hand all their resignations to sad-eyed President Albert Lebrun.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like a million other South Africans, the Stoltz family was up at cockcrow one morning last week, all ready to cast its votes in the first general election since 1948.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few hours later we heard a cockcrow in the distance.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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