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Quotation dates: 1874
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CHICKEN-COCK, n. comb. A cockerel.Sc. [1874] A. Hislop Sc. Anecdotes (1888) 70:
"Let us alane o' your glaibering about religion, ye rascal," said a father to his son. . . . "D'ye think that religion's naething but a pease-kail for chicken-cocks to cackle about?"
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