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Definition of Roosters
1. rooster [n] - See also: rooster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roosters
Literary usage of Roosters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer: Containing the Best Prose and Poetic by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, Leslie Pinckney Hill (1920)
"I was studyin' 'bout dem ar signs, as 'pon de bench I sot; When I see my two
young roosters come a-struttin' crost de lot; Dey was showin' off der elegance, ..."
2. The Struggle Over Ratification, 1846-1847 by Milo Milton Quaife (1918)
"I am, etc, etc., WK WILSON MILWAUKEE, March 11, 1847 STRONG'S roosters Tune—Yankee
Doodle ... And now on every side we hear, The roosters crowing loud, sir! ..."
3. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"... Sentiment in American Women—General Refinement of Americans—roosters and
Gentlemen Cows—Surprise Parties— Motherless Children and Widows bewitched—Plain ..."
4. Old Time Notes of Pennsylvania: A Connected and Chronological Record of the by Alexander Kelly McClure (1905)
"... the Younger Cameron—Geary Forced to Grant Pardon to Yerkes and Marcer—Attempt
of the roosters to Make Cameron Pay for His Re-election—How the Governor's ..."
5. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"... Sentiment in American Women—General Refinement of Americans—roosters and
Gentlemen Cows—Surprise Parties— Motherless Children and Widows bewitched—Plain ..."
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