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Definition of Cockbird
1. a male bird [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockbird
Literary usage of Cockbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1904)
"I usually stock my pen with about fifteen first-class two- year-old hens, and
one strong, vigorous cockbird of high merit. As for myself, I prefer and raise ..."
2. Graham's Magazine by Graham, George R, Edgar Allan Poe, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1852)
"The cockbird, however, sits during the night, and Lichtenstein says that great
numbers of the smaller beasts of prey, as jackals and wild cats, ..."
3. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White, George Christopher Davies (1890)
"... it was a cockbird, and haunted the banks of some ponds near the village ; and,
as it had a companion, doubtless intended to have bred near that water. ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1818)
"ped at a place called cockbird-tail, about a mile from Gilmerton. We asked them
why they stopped ? And they said, to make water. ..."
5. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1818)
"... ped at a place called cockbird-tail, about a mile from Gilmerton. We asked
them why they stopped? And they said, to make water. ..."
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