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cockcrows

cockcrows is the plural of cockcrow.

Meaning of cockcrow

Noun

cockcrow (countable and uncountable, plural cockcrows)

  1. The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light.
    • The unfortunate shepherd that approaches them must dance their rounds with them till cock-crow; and the instances are not few of persons thus ensnared who have been found next morning dead with exhaustion and fatigue.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 441

Questions about cockcrows

What is cockcrows the plural of?
Cockcrows is the plural of cockcrow.

Words near cockcrows in the dictionary

  1. cockcrow
  2. cockcrower
  3. cockcrowers
  4. cockcrowing
  5. cockcrowings
  6. cockcrows
  7. cocke
  8. Cocke County
  9. cocked
  10. cocked a deaf 'un
  11. cocked a snook

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