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cockerel

[kok-er-uhl, kok-ruhl] / ˈkɒk ər əl, ˈkɒk rəl /




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"He chases the cockerel all over everywhere so we've had to shut him up."

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Items include 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a brass cockerel and a key to the king's palace.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2022

After being looted, the cockerel was given to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student.

From Reuters ● 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

Napoleon himself, attended by his dogs and his cockerel, came down to inspect the completed work; he personally congratulated the animals on their achievement, and announced that the mill would be named Napoleon Mill.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary said the highly-contagious influenza was identified after it took in a number of dumped cockerels.

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 also a thing about people bringing cockerels to the matches – in the 1960s, I think – because the cockerel was on the club’s badge.

From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017

Like two young cockerels they stood, fronting each other, heads down, thumbs home to the hilt in red mouths, hackles ready to rise at the least sign—round eyes fixed on round eyes.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives


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