Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boys' sport in which the players slip a short bar just under the knees, and then, putting the arms under the bar, clasp the hands in front of the shins and hop about in this position, endeavoring to shoulder one another over.
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Examples
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"It's my idee of a rooster-fight," retorted Reeves.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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Ang, "proposed Fate in nasal American;" Evans's chauffeur's havin 'a rooster-fight in the garage.
August First Roy Irving Murray 1898
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