Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ground-cuckoo, road-runner, or paisano; a large terrestrial bird of the family Cuculidæ, the Geococcyx californianus, a common species of the southwestern United States. See
Geococcyx .
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Another animal frequently seen was the chaparral-cock or road-runner, really the earth cuckoo (_Geococcyx Mexicanus_), called paisano or pheasant, or
Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson
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The little mesquite-trees, prim, dainty, and delicate, stood about in seeming order, civilizing the landscape and giving it the air of an orchard; the prairie-dog villages were thrown into a tumult of excitement by our passage; a chaparral-cock slipped out of a bush, stared an instant, pulled the string that lifts his tail and top-knot, and settled down for
hernesheir commented on the word chaparral-cock
A.k.a. road-runner (the coyote's after you), an iconic bird of the SW US.
December 2, 2010
bilby commented on the word chaparral-cock
What's your favourite cock?
October 27, 2015
madmouth commented on the word chaparral-cock
spatch-
yours?
October 27, 2015
bilby commented on the word chaparral-cock
Alfred Hitch-
October 27, 2015
TankHughes commented on the word chaparral-cock
turn-
(No surprise, it's a cutthroat).
October 27, 2015
madmouth commented on the word chaparral-cock
TURN?! I gotta change mine!
October 27, 2015
TankHughes commented on the word chaparral-cock
Yep, from the OED, turn-cock is "A water-works official entrusted with the turning on of the water from the mains to supply-pipes, etc." There are so many industrial -cock words in the OED, it's very distracting.
October 27, 2015
bilby commented on the word chaparral-cock
We NEED a list of industrial cock words.
October 27, 2015
bilby commented on the word chaparral-cock
Go on, get yer cocks out.
October 27, 2015
madmouth commented on the word chaparral-cock
hokay -
/lists/industrial-cockblock
I don't have access to the OED no mo tho T.T
October 28, 2015
bilby commented on the word chaparral-cock
:-))))))
October 28, 2015