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† cock-crowen, a. Obs. or dial.
[f. cock + crowen, obs. pa. pple. of crow v.1]
That the cock has crowed on, that is no longer fresh; stale.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) 2 Gifts and rewardes retayne the Cockrowen Courtier, yea suche as have one of their feete alredy in the grave. 1602Manningham Diary 21 Nov. 86 He takes a speciall grace to use an old worne sentence, as though anie would like to be served with cockcrowen pottage. 1607Topsell Serpents (1653) 780 Then was there brought some Cock-crown keal. 1825–79Jamieson, Cock-crown kail, broth heated a second time;..such as the cock has crow'd over, being a day old, Roxb. |