Definitions

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  • noun A gamebird.

Etymologies

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game +‎ fowl

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Examples

  • A spokesman for the leading pro-casino group, Ohio Jobs & Growth Committee spokesman, called the notion of gamefowl gambling a "rather bizarre idea" that he doesn't believe anyone in West Virginia is taking seriously.

    zanesvilletimesrecorder.com - Local News 2009

  • In the Virginia case, federal prosecutors called the VGBA "a statewide organization devoted to the preservation of 'gamefowl' (also known as 'fighting roosters' and 'cocks') and cockfighting."

    Michael Markarian: The Front Group Behind Cockfighting Criminals 2009

  • Armed with a law passed by Congress in 2006 that bans the interstate transport of "gamefowl" for cockfighting, federal agents raided 28 homes and barns from southern Oregon to Puget Sound on March 15, finding more than 700 roosters in one Oregon county, $100,000 in cash, 50 guns, 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine, 1.5 pounds of cocaine, 6 pounds of marijuana and 48 marijuana plants.

    Cracking Down on Cockfighting 2008

  • This guilty plea and conviction should settle the question of whether these so-called "gamefowl breeding associations" are anything more than criminal syndicates who make their living collecting door fees at illegal cockfighting events and then laundering the money back into political campaigns to block the enactment of stronger animal fighting laws.

    Michael Markarian: The Front Group Behind Cockfighting Criminals 2009

  • And yes, Washington, Jefferson and Andrew Jackson owned gamefowl and conducted cockfights on the White House lawn after church on Sundays.

    Waldo Jaquith - Cockfighters come out of the woodwork. 2007

  • I LOVE COCK here are my favorites: the cream legbar pullet rooster.delightful. (side fact: the hen lays a blue-green egg) the belgium quail bantam the ardenner bantam rooster - which has a very erect tail australian gamefowl (your basic rooster but Australian) the barrel plymouth rochs, a dual purpose breed.

    Greg Gutfeld: HOW MUCH DID CHENEY KNOW...AND WHEN? 2008

  • Dozens of Web sites direct gamefowl enthusiasts to matches.

    Cracking Down on Cockfighting 2008

  • The site offers gamefowl hatching eggs for as little as $9.99 for a half dozen.

    Cracking Down on Cockfighting 2008

  • PATENTS, PUBLIC POLICY AND COCKFIGHTING - ALWAYS A WINNING COMBINATION: A state senator has a plan for saving Oklahoma's gamefowl industry now that cockfighters are legally prohibited from pitting birds fitted with razor-like spurs.

    The 271 Patent Blog Peter Zura 2005

  • Shurden said electronic sensors can record the number of hits by each gamefowl to determine which rooster won the boxing match.

    The 271 Patent Blog Peter Zura 2005

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