cockfighting

American

[kahk-fahyt-ing] / ˈkɑkˌfaɪt ɪŋ /

noun

the sport of pitting specially bred gamecocks against each other in a fight.

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Following Reconstruction, Black people staged formal card games and cockfighting events, allowing participants to network while acquiring small but quick bursts of cash as economic opportunity languished.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

Traditional cockfighting is still legal in the Philippines.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

A proposal to weaken cockfighting penalties cleared the Oklahoma House.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Such conviction exists in stark contrast with the state of cockfighting in the country today.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

And like their English cousins they were fond of cockfighting, boat racing, and hunting.

From Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

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