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cockcrow

[ kok-kroh ]

/ ˈkɒkˌkroʊ /

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noun

the time at which a cock characteristically crows; daybreak; dawn: He was in the kitchen each morning by cockcrow, making coffee and preparing breakfast.

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Also cock crow·ing

[kok-kroh-ing] /ˈkɒkˌkroʊ ɪŋ/ .

Origin of cockcrow

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; see origin at cock¹, crow²

Words nearby cockcrow

Cockayne, Cockayne's syndrome, cockboat, cockchafer, Cockcroft, cockcrow, cocked, cocked hat, cocker, cockerel, Cockerell

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How to use cockcrow in a sentence

I was up at cockcrow, heard Mass at the Grande glise, and bade good-bye to my amiable hostess.
With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War|Charles Edward Ryan
Then he turned round and the swathed figures disappeared suddenly as ghosts at cockcrow.
Morocco|S.L. Bensusan
Each day has twelve hours, twice the length of ours, of which the first begins at cockcrow.
Indo-China and Its Primitive People|Henry Baudesson
Gigi, if you get up before cockcrow again I'll break your nose the next night while you sleep.
Such is Life|Frank Wedekind

At the second cockcrow she tried to get into the coffin, and unavailingly begged him to take out the cross.
The Grateful Dead|Gordon Hall Gerould

British Dictionary definitions for cockcrow

cockcrow

cockcrowing

/ (ˈkɒkˌkrəʊ) /

noun

daybreak

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