cockcrowing
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I saw her between cockcrowing and dawn, noble one, when I let down the bars for the cattle to come in to the milking.
From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz
It may be at even, it may be at midnight, it may be at cockcrowing and it may be in the morning.
From Why I Preach the Second Coming by Isaac Massey Haldeman
The Cat said to the Hen's child, "Go and tell thy mother to arise and come at the cockcrowing; for what should eat her?"
From The Talking Beasts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by James Edward Talmage
It bade me "watch perpetually, not knowing whether my Lord would return at cockcrowing or at midday."
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Francis William Newman
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