| 单词 | cocking main |
| 释义 | > as lemmascocking main cocking main n. now historical a number of fights at a cockfighting match; cf. main n.2 3. ΚΠ 1823 J. Lunn Horæ Jocosæ 154 At Cocking-main, or Badger-worrying bout He shone the leader. 1904 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 13 Apr. 3/1 A big cocking main is to be fought in Indiana on..April 26... Each side is to show twenty-one cocks. 2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones viii. 170 Cocking mains, or sets of cockfights, were elaborately staged public entertainment, conducted by a coordinating specialist, the pitmaster. < as lemmas |
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