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Definition of Cockfighting
1. Noun. Participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight.
Definition of Cockfighting
1. n. The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
2. a. Addicted to cockfighting.
Definition of Cockfighting
1. Noun. A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of cockfight) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockfighting
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockfighting
Literary usage of Cockfighting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"cockfighting—COACH S; one behind her own companion with her hand on her head.
... cockfighting As this is forbidden by law, it cannot now appear among the ..."
2. Polynesian researches by William Ellis (1831)
"cockfighting—Aquatic sports—Swimming in the surf— Danger from sharks—Juvenile
amusements—Account of the ..."
3. The Newspaper Press: Its Origin--progress--and Present Position by James Grant (1871)
"Appearance of New Journals—the St. James's Chronicle—Increase in the Number of
Newspapers—Improvement in their Character—Prevalence of cockfighting—the ..."
4. Tenerife and Its Six Satellites: Or, The Canary Islands Past and Present by Olivia M. Stone (1889)
"... cockfighting, i The rivulet, Wanton and wild, through many a green ravine
Beneath the forest flowed. Sometimes it fell Among the moss with hollow ..."
5. Knowledge for the Time: A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on by John Timbs (1864)
"cockfighting was, in fact, the great national amusement, particularly in the ...
Some ninety years ago, in the north of England, when a cockfighting was ..."
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