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roostcocks

roostcocks is the plural of roostcock.

Meaning of roostcock

Noun

roostcock (plural roostcocks)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
    • No matter whether his nag have the stringhalt, and steps like a roostcock, or has wind-galls the size of bladders, or has been fired till his legs resemble a scored griskin, the BUTCHER's Boy braves every competitor in the race1843, The Illuminated Magazine

Questions about roostcocks

What is roostcocks the plural of?
Roostcocks is the plural of roostcock.

Words near roostcocks in the dictionary

  1. Roosky
  2. Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset
  3. Roosmalens' dwarf marmosets
  4. roost
  5. roostcock
  6. roostcocks
  7. roosted
  8. rooster
  9. rooster booster
  10. rooster boosters
  11. rooster sauce

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