cockerel

Example Sentences

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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

A cockerel laying an egg, after all, was a "heinous and unnatural crime," the court found.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

Then, in 1908, under the headline “A Poolsbrook Fowl Robbery,” it was reported that Trainer had been charged with stealing a cockerel and three hens.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019

After all, it could easily have been understood that I was suggesting the landlord's wife resembled a cockerel - an intention that had not remotely entered my head at the time.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro