cockfightn.
/ˈkɒkfʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌfaɪt/ 1. A fight between cockerels or roosters, often fitted with metal spurs, held for sport or entertainment, frequently in a specially constructed cockpit (cockpit n. 1) and usually with spectators betting on the outcome; a cockfighting match.In the United Kingdom, United States, and some other countries cockfighting is now prohibited by law; see note at cockfighting n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting
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1512 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 456 Have, make, or vse any potacions, cockfighte or drinking.
1565 Statutes in D. Robertson Old Order Bk. Hartlebury Gram. School (1904) 200 The said Scholemr and Vsher shall..have vse and take the profitts of all such Cockefights and potations as are comonelie used in Scholes.
1658 R. Baxter Crucifying of World Pref. sig. dv How many be there that..cast away more at one game at Dice, or at a Cock-fight, or an Horse-race, then would keep a poor Schollar at the University.
1748 J. Wesley Jrnl. 12 Apr. (1991) III. 218 There was to begin in an hour's time a famous cock-fight.
1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) xxviii. 416 The schoolmaster..would call on the boys to divide and choose for themselves ‘Head-stocks’, i.e., leaders, for the yearly cock-fight.
1961 A. Hosain Sunlight on Broken Column i. xvi. 92 Those days are gone when Nawabs lost their fortunes in cock-fights and quail-fights.
2008 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 8 Feb. b2/5 A video of..pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal at a cockfight was posted this week on YouTube.
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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight
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jostle1607
scufflea1616
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roil1690
tussle1749
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turn-up1810
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pounding match1815
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mix-up1841
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bagarre1897
stoush1908
dogfight1910
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sort-out1937
yike1940
bassa-bassa1956
punch-up1958
thump-up1967
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxvii. f. cxlix Shortly after skyrmysshes & Cocke fyghtes began atwene ye sayd .ii. Prynces.
a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd ii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ddddddv That old Cavalier that spoil'd our Cock-fight.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xv. 151 After that sinful chivalry cock-fight of theirs!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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