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cock-a-doodle-do

cock-a-doodle-do is the alternative spelling of cock-a-doodle-doo.

Meaning of cock-a-doodle-doo

Interjection

  1. The cry of a rooster.
    • Hark, hark, I heare, the ſtraine of ſtrutting Chanticlere cry cockadidle-dowe.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

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Forms of cock-a-doodle-do

pluralcock-a-doodle-dos

Questions about cock-a-doodle-do

What is cock-a-doodle-do the alternative spelling of?
Cock-a-doodle-do is the alternative spelling of cock-a-doodle-doo.

Words near cock-a-doodle-do in the dictionary

  1. cock's comb tests
  2. cock's combs
  3. cock's-comb
  4. cock's-combs
  5. cock's-foot
  6. cock-a-doodle-do
  7. cock-a-doodle-doo
  8. cock-a-doodle-doos
  9. cock-a-doodle-dos
  10. cock-a-hoop
  11. cock-a-leekie

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