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cockfight

[ UK /kˈɒkfa‍ɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs

How To Use cockfight In A Sentence

  • That kind of evidence would make me a cockfighter! Waldo Jaquith - Cockfighters come out of the woodwork.
  • Cockfighting (two roosters battling each other in a ring) commands a fanatical following.
  • Despite being illegal in Ireland, the blood sport of cockfighting still takes place in some parts of the country.
  • They're kind of bumpkinish, they have cockfights and stuff, and they don't really know the world outside the chicken farm.
  • We've gone off bear-baiting and cockfighting, too. Times, Sunday Times
  • Cockfighting, also known as "cocking," is a bloodsport that dates to colonial times in the United States and has offered gamblers a venue for betting around the world. Cracking Down on Cockfighting
  • It isn't hard to guess that most westerners are appalled at the levels of violence and animal cruelty that go hand in hand with the sport of cockfighting.
  • The stocky, pot-bellied man who wears a wide-brimmed hat made of palm leaves, admits cockfighting is brutal but says the roosters are born to fight.
  • This festival combines church ceremonies with horse racing, bullfights, cockfights, and a spirited carnival.
  • Stationed in Boston Father Smith is drawn into the seedy underworld of cockfighting.
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