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cock-fighting

cock-fighting is the alternative form of cockfighting.

Meaning of cockfighting

Noun

cockfighting (countable and uncountable, plural cockfightings)

  1. A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.

Questions about cock-fighting

What is cock-fighting the alternative form of?
Cock-fighting is the alternative form of cockfighting.

Words near cock-fighting in the dictionary

  1. cock-eye
  2. cock-eyed
  3. cock-eyes
  4. cock-feather
  5. cock-feathers
  6. cock-fighting
  7. cock-holster
  8. cock-holsters
  9. cock-horse
  10. cock-horses
  11. cock-knocker

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