Cock-fighting

Cock-fighting matches take place in plain view in shacks along the side of the road, and cars stereos all seem to be blasting the same bass-thumping rap song.

Vivid Vieques 2006

Cock-fighting is a source of gigantic gambling and desperate feuds.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Cock-fighting, which has attained to the dignity of a literature of its own, is the popular Malay sport; but the grand sport is a tiger and buffalo fight, reserved for rare occasions, however, on account of its expense.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Cock-fighting, dog-fighting, and pugilistic encounters used to be carried on daily, and scenes of the utmost confusion took place, until public murmurings compelled the authorities to keep order.

Recollections of Old Liverpool A Nonagenarian

Cock-fighting was once common in Wales, and it was said that the most successful cock-fighters fought the bird that resembled the colour of the day when the conflict took place; thus, the blue game-cock was brought out on cloudy days, black when the atmosphere was inky in colour, black-red on sunny days, and so on.

Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

Puritanism not only deprived the people of evil pleasures, such as bear - baiting, Cock-fighting, and tippling, but it also prohibited the Sunday dances and games, the village festivals, and the popular drama.

Early European History Hutton Webster

Not a word must be spoke, (as much as if there were a penalty imposed upon it) but of Cock-fighting.

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

Cock-fighting was at one time a favourite sport in Liverpool, amongst the lower orders, and, indeed, amongst all other classes too.

Recollections of Old Liverpool A Nonagenarian

The term 'sport' may be confined [88] conveniently to those subjects which have to do with animals, such as Angling, Coaching, Cock-fighting, Coursing, Falconry,

The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

Cock-fighting; Wherein is shewed, that Cocke-fighting was before the comming of Christ, 'by George Wilson, the sporting Vicar of Wretton, was printed in black letter by Henry Tomes' over against Graies Inne Gate, in

The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan