cockerel
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And so to Rome for a clash of nations who have known angst in the shape of a French cockerel in this Six Nations.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024
After being looted, the cockerel was given to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021
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
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
The cockerel tree you can see from my bedroom wasn't running left to right now, it was running right to left.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
While initially the bird was getting along with his chickens, things took a turn and the bird decided to cause mayhem and chase after the cockerels.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
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
There was an old geezer on the ground staff, who was an animal lover, and he would round up the cockerels and take them home.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017
People carrying cockerels in slings or under their arms travel to these venues by horse-drawn carriage, bicycle or in candy-colored vintage American cars.
From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2017
At this show I had three of the largest cockerels ever shown at one time by a single exhibitor, their combined weight being 29 pounds.
From A Virginia Village by Charles Alexander Stewart
