Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fight between gamecocks, often fitted with metal gaffs, that is arranged as a spectacle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A match or contest of cocks; a very ancient sport, in which cocks, usually armed with long steel spurs bound to the shanks, are set to fight with each other, commonly in a “pit,” so called.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A match or contest of gamecocks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
contest , in acockpit , betweengamecocks fitted withcockspurs - verb To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookie), a cockfighting event.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs
Etymologies
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Examples
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That is what they term a cockfight dear boy, you must be a Mexican to attend one I fear.
"I am calling on the president to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress," says McCain. Ann Althouse 2008
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In California, participating in or knowingly attending a cockfight is a crime.
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Most were arrested on suspicion of being present at a cockfight, which is a Class 1 misdemeanor
azcentral.com | news 2010
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In California, participating in or knowingly attending a cockfight is a crime.
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Being a spectator at a cockfight is a misdemeanor offense with a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail or a $50 fine.
tennessean.com - Top News from The Tennessean, MUSIC CITY U.S.A 2009
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I should have expected the "cockfight" would amount to a quick display of two cheerfully bored roosters who could have auditioned for a wholesome children's show.
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I should have expected the "cockfight" would amount to a quick display of two cheerfully bored roosters who could have auditioned for a wholesome children's show.
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All I wanted was to stop the bullshit, not get into a preternatural cockfight.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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In February, a bullfight and cockfight in Quito called "Bulls and Cocks for Freedom" drew about 15,000 people.
Ecuador's efforts to ban bullfighting has some fans seeing red 2011
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West is like a cunning snake charmer as he describes a cockfight in a garage or an army of extras moving across a papier-mâché mountain in a Napoleonic swirl.
Entrancing Tales Of Dislocation Jerome Charyn 2011
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