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UK
/kˈɒkfaɪtɪŋ/
]
NOUN
- participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight
How To Use cockfighting In A Sentence
- 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.
- 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.
- Stationed in Boston Father Smith is drawn into the seedy underworld of cockfighting.
- Some tourist agencies even promote cockfighting!
- The statute cited as banning cockfighting is quite clear that it is illegal for spectators and vendors to appear.
- Some women said they were turned off by his support for the bloody sport of cockfighting, an issue that was highlighted by ads from an animal rights group.