Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A series of cock-fights carried on in immediate succession between two sides or parties.
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Examples
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But now, concerning that cocking-main at the Coq d'Or, and how it came about.
The Reckoning 1899
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The 'cocking-main' is an inhuman sort of entertainment, there is no question about that; still, it seems a much more respectable and far less cruel sport than fox-hunting -- for the cocks like it; they experience, as well as confer enjoyment; which is not the fox's case.
Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain 1872
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The 'cocking-main' is an inhuman sort of entertainment, there is no question about that; still, it seems a much more respectable and far less cruel sport than fox-hunting -- for the cocks like it; they experience, as well as confer enjoyment; which is not the fox's case.
Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. Mark Twain 1872
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The 'cocking-main' is an inhuman sort of entertainment, there is no question about that; still, it seems a much more respectable and far less cruel sport than fox-hunting -- for the cocks like it; they experience, as well as confer enjoyment; which is not the fox's case.
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