fighting cock
Americannoun
noun
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another name for gamecock
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a pugnacious person
Example Sentences
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“I made a deal with the first person who commented and because of his excitement to get the fighting cock, he hurriedly left work and met me,” she told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Oct. 2, 2020
If you can get your hands on a Rock Cornish game hen, that’s a different matter — it’s a cross of different breeds, including, excitingly, the Malaysian fighting cock.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2017
He described the moment the typhoon hit: "Ten o'clock in the morning very strong. The sound of the wind is like a fighting cock, very noisy."
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2014
He's got a fighting cock tied to a post, and a small fire smoldering beneath a bag of fish and a half-dozen splayed carcasses the size of Nerf footballs.
From Slate ● Feb. 29, 2012
The colonel retreated, holding up his hands helplessly, while the professor pranced after him like a fighting cock.
From Frank Merriwell Down South by Standish, Burt L.
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