How to use gamecock in a sentence
If a sailor on land is a fish out of water, a soldier at sea is like a game cock in a duckpond.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonMarkham affirms that the words mean "A chance, or lucky, game-cock!"
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyNot he, sir; there's too much of the game-cock about him for that.
The Two Admirals | J. Fenimore CooperThe little game cock had squeezed through the fence and come over to investigate the situation.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyThere was one little game-cock, however, who enthused even the most dispassionate among us.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines | Florence Kimball Russel
British Dictionary definitions for gamecock
gamecock
/ (ˈɡeɪmˌkɒk) /
noun
a cock bred and trained for fighting: Also called: fighting cock
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