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cock⋅crow

[kok-kroh]
–noun
the time at which a cock characteristically crows; daybreak; dawn.
Also, cock crowing.


Origin:
1350–1400; ME. See cock 1 , crow 2
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cock·crow   (kŏk'krō')   
n.  The very beginning of the day; dawn.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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