cockerel
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"He flew at the chickens, eventually he separated the cockerel from the hens and he chased the cockerel."
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
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
After being looted, the cockerel was given to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021
A bronze cockerel kept at Cambridge University that had been looted in a British raid on what is now Nigeria will be handed back this month.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2021
The dogs flanked the procession and at the head of all marched Napoleon’s black cockerel.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
"We recently accepted a group of dumped cockerels, for which we had no history on these abandoned animals," a spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2022
Critics say that backyard flock owners’ demand for day-old pullets, or female chicks, leads to more cockerels, or male chicks, being culled or slipping through to eventually wind up in need of homes or dumped.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2018
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
But the mischief was done—some half-dozen young cockerels took the matter up as a joke, and crowed persistently in spite of all remonstrance from the rest of the poultry.
From Queensland Cousins by Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
