1756 M. Calderwood (1884) 128 I saw the largest midden cock I think ever I saw.
1890 J. Service 77 His wee three-cornered hat sittin' on three hairs like a bit midden cock on his heid.
1996 C. I. Macafee 222/1 Midden cock, a dunghill cock, a farmyard cockerel.