cockscrow

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English

Etymology

From Middle English cokkes crowe; equivalent to cock +‎ -s- +‎ crow.

Noun

cockscrow (plural not attested)

  1. The crowing of a cock.
    • 1872, Richard D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone:
      What a goodly noise they kept, what a flapping of their wings, and a jerking of their tails, as they stood right up and tried with a whistling in their throats to imitate a cockscrow!

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