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cockcrowing

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Etymology

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From Middle English cok crowynge; equivalent to cock +‎ crowing.

Noun

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cockcrowing (plural cockcrowings)

  1. The crowing sound of a cock.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Season”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, pages 91-92:
      We might have had hearts in our cradles; but, as I don't pretend to remember mine, I cannot say. Perhaps at sixteen, too, there is a sort of imagination of one; but it is a phantom which flits at the cockcrowing of reality.
  2. cockcrow; daybreak
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