cockcrow
Example Sentences
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So why did the Senate meet before the cockcrow last week?
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At midnight, at cockcrow, at morning, one certain day Lo the Bridegroom shall come and shall not delay; Watch thou and pray.
From Project Gutenberg
At cockcrow the vampire came out all blue and grinning; but, though she yelled horribly, she could not touch the man in the circle, who put the cross in the coffin.
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He rose late, but this terrible discovery was still there, undispelled by cockcrow or the day.
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At cockcrow the family was to start for the capital.
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