cockerel

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One MDC supporter described it like plucking the feathers off a cockerel (the cockerel is the symbol of Zanu-PF).

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  1. noun A young rooster.

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  • The flavor of a four months old cockerel, trained to eat large quantities of blueberries from infancy, and cooked with mushrooms, tarragon and white wine—or, if you would add another American touch, made into a chicken and corn pudding, with onion, parsley and eggs—is not only distinctive, it is unique; and it is assuredly haute cuisine. —  Too Many Cooks
  • The consensus on Downsizer is that we've got ourselves a cockerel, albeit a remarkably well-mannered and fairly quiet one. —  British Blogs
  • One MDC supporter described it like plucking the feathers off a cockerel (the cockerel is the symbol of Zanu-PF). —  British Blogs
  • A demented blue-painted piglet being crazily chased around the pitch by stewards while a live cockerel, the emblem of Glentoran, haughtily strutted the touchline. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • A cockerel was left outside Sawley Village Hall, where it remained for a few days before someone, no doubt concerned for its welfare, moved it into the fenced off area around the war memorial.
 

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  1. Middle English cokerel, diminutive of cok, cock; see cock1.

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  1. from Middle English cokerel, cokerelle, apparently a double diminutive of cock. Cf. cockle.
 

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/ˈkɑkərɛl/
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