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roostcock

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English

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Etymology

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From roost +‎ cock.

Noun

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roostcock (plural roostcocks)

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
    • 1843, The Illuminated Magazine:
      No matter whether his nag have the stringhalt, and steps like a roostcock, or has wind-galls the size of bladders, or has been fired till his legs resemble a scored griskin, the BUTCHER's Boy braves every competitor in the race

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