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- noun Plural form of
moorcock .
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Examples
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The winds may blow, the moorcocks crow, the moon shine out so clearly-o
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Zaytzev has no interest in moorcocks, woodcocks, or curlews.
My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930
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Ye cootie moorcocks, crousely craw; [leg-plumed, confidently]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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Thus it was that I came to spend my vacations in that part of the country, so far from all society and comfort, between the codfish and the moorcocks; and thus it was that now, when I had done with my classes, I was returning thither with so light a heart that July day.
Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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