| 单词 | throwing at cocks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrowing at cocks throwing at cocks: a custom or traditional game in which sticks are thrown at a cockerel tied to a post, formerly traditionally associated with Shrovetide; = cock-throwing n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > cock-throwing > [noun] cock-thrashing1409 throwing at cocks1612 cock-throwing1650 cockshy1815 cockshying1830 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. xv. 304 (margin) Throwing at cocks an inhumane sport. 1669 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia 46 The Citizens and Peasants have..Throwing at Cocks, Shuttle-cock, Bowling,..and Ringing of Bells. 1709 J. Edwards Preacher: Third Pt. 171 Not only Cock-fighting but Throwing at Cocks is an Unlawful Sport. c1770 (title) A friendly admonition against throwing at Cocks and of Cockfighting. 1812 Belfast Monthly Mag. Dec. 454/1 That..more cruel custom of throwing at cocks on Shrove-Tuesday, has been laid aside, in most places. 1865 Notts. Guardian 3 Mar. 10/4 In days not very long gone by, the inhuman sport of throwing at cocks was practised at Shrovetide. 1969 V. Bartlett Past of Pastimes viii. 100 ‘Cocking’ or ‘cock-fighting’, has, of course, lasted much longer than ‘throwing at cocks.’ 2012 P. D. Smith City vii. 273 ‘Throwing at Cocks’, or throwing objects at tethered birds, was popular in Chaucer's day. < as lemmas |
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