cockerel
Americannoun
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cockerels
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cockerel
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English cokerelle, kokerelle; see origin at cock 1, -rel
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The college's Legacy of Slavery Working Party concluded in 2019 that the cockerel "belongs with the current Oba at the Court of Benin".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2021
After being looted, the cockerel was given to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021
The sculpture of a cockerel was one of hundreds of Benin Bronzes that were pillaged from the once mighty Kingdom of Benin, located in what is now Nigeria.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021
Jesus College's bronze cockerel, donated by a parent of a student, took pride of place in the college dining hall.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2021
Mermaid clouds drifted over the glebe, over the cockerel tree, over the Malvern Hills.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Harrison, the youngest of four children, previously lived with his parents Harold and Louise and the family's pet cockerels in a small house in Arnold Grove, Wavertree.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021
Critics say that backyard flock owners’ demand for day-old pullets, or female chicks, leads to more cockerels, or male chicks, being culled or slipping through to eventually wind up in need of homes or dumped.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2018
Terriers, geese and perturbed-looking cockerels roamed in between the legs of cantankerous horses.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2018
In the late 1960s, the International Dairy Federation paid Yudkin to conduct sugar studies in pigs, rats, cockerels, and humans.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2018
I asked one of the cockerels to give you a message about not crowing so early.
From The Tale of Henrietta Hen by Harry L. Smith
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