| 单词 | gamecock |
| 例句 | “These are not flunkies, the people who breed gamecocks,” Bo said. Baby chimpanzee killed by adult at L. A. Zoo 2012-06-27T13:33:00Z These are just a few gamecock breeds currently in circulation in the U.S. and around the world. Baby chimpanzee killed by adult at L. A. Zoo 2012-06-27T13:33:00Z Once you know what to look for in a gamecock, they’re pretty easy to spot. Baby chimpanzee killed by adult at L. A. Zoo 2012-06-27T13:33:00Z Nottage’s “The Grey Rooster” is a terrific story with bite, a tall tale about a slave and a gamecock winning their freedom in unexpected, gruesome, comic style. Army of playwrights and D.C. celebs amass for Arena’s ‘Our War’ The most successful breeders of gamecocks get to put their name to a lineage. Baby chimpanzee killed by adult at L. A. Zoo 2012-06-27T13:33:00Z Perhaps one reason the sport of cockfighting thrives is the fact that, or at least the perception that, breeding a line of successful gamecocks takes extensive study and great skill. Baby chimpanzee killed by adult at L. A. Zoo 2012-06-27T13:33:00Z He looked like the human version of a swaddled gamecock. 3,134 miles, 18 pairs of sneakers, multiple cartel checkpoints: A run across Mexico Last year, Hamiltons Gallery in London exhibited photographs he made in the 1980s of fighting betta fish and dueling gamecocks. Hiro, fashion photographer with an eye for the surreal, dies at 90 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The crowd hushed as he cried out: “This is the pen that said we can keep fighting gamecocks!” Puerto Rico cockfighters go to ring in federal ban defiance 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The governor denied that her administration was taking on the federal government, arguing that the Puerto Rican legislation complied with federal law because it prohibits importing or exporting gamecocks. Puerto Rico Defies Congress on Cockfighting Ban 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “Most people hate this so-called sport,” said Mr. Martínez, 57, who said that, as a boy, he tried to set free some of his grandfather’s gamecocks. The Last Days of Legal Cockfighting in Puerto Rico 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Federal court records indicate 67-year-old Douglas Wayne Butler pleaded guilty on Monday to aiding and abetting cockfighting and the possession of gamecocks. Oklahoma man pleads guilty to running a cockfighting outfit 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Some even brought gamecocks to protest a recent federal ban on the island’s cockfighting industry. Puerto Ricans to decry austerity, hurricane help at hearing 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “The gamecock sport in Puerto Rico is not going to disappear,” said Gerardo Mora, executive director of Puerto Rico’s Cockfighting Commission, a part of the island’s Department of Recreation and Sports. Puerto Rico cockfighters go to ring in federal ban defiance 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Cooper’s short Twitter video showed her modeling South Carolina practice shorts with the words, “Issa gamecock.” Tennessee guard Cooper says she is heading to South Carolina 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z The wealthier ones — businessmen, doctors — own gamecocks and hire staff to look after them. The Last Days of Legal Cockfighting in Puerto Rico 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z One or both of the gamecocks can die on a typical fight, and thousands of dollars can be wagered on a match. 7,000 birds seized in largest cockfighting bust in U.S. history, L.A. County authorities say 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Responding officers found gamecocks with spurs attached to them to inflict more damage to each other. Police arrest 24 people for alleged cockfighting ring 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z The University of South Carolina’s mascot — the fighting gamecock — may well be a metaphor for the blood sport that is both politics and theater, if more street than River Avon. Why the world loves the South Carolina primaries 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Police say they received an anonymous tip that gamecocks were being raised for use in fighting events. Police announce raid, charges in suspected cockfighting 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z “In the United States they hunt deer, and what harm have they done to anyone?” said Mr. Figueroa, who began raising gamecocks at 16. The Last Days of Legal Cockfighting in Puerto Rico 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z In addition to the gamecocks, investigators captured dogs, a goat, horses and a cow. 7,000 birds seized in largest cockfighting bust in U.S. history, L.A. County authorities say 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Eighteen gamecocks were seized from the home, five of which appeared to be severely injured. Police arrest 24 people for alleged cockfighting ring 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Larry Johnson told investigators his uncle had confronted him, accusing him of stealing the gamecock. News briefs from around Tennessee at 1:58 a.m. EDT 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Among the charges Harmon is facing are 67 counts of possession with intent to use a gamecock for the purpose of fighting another animal. Police: Odenton man arrested on cockfighting charges 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Owning gamecocks and attending cockfights were already illegal before last year’s farm bill — even if those restrictions do not seem to have been much enforced. The Last Days of Legal Cockfighting in Puerto Rico 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Oliver was cited for allegedly possessing gamecocks and fighting birds, a misdemeanor, Welsh said. Suspected cockfight broken up; 56 roosters found and euthanized 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Later that year, Ontario police and the Inland Valley Humane Society found 1,000 gamecocks at a suspected cockfighting ring in the city. Cockfighting crimes increasing in San Bernardino County, video warns 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z "My father raised gamecocks and he used Stroud's book when they got sick." U.S. prisons seen through the eyes of 'Birdman of Alcatraz' 2014-03-02T15:06:36Z The old gamecock had lost his spurs, so should the young cockerel. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z When a gamecock whose fight ended in a draw came in too badly injured, Mr. Rodríguez broke its neck. The Last Days of Legal Cockfighting in Puerto Rico 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z A traveler says that he has seen Filipinos going to mass carrying gamecocks under their arms to set fighting in the cemetery after the service. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z He’s scavenging up as many speakers around campus as possible and playing South Carolina stadium fixtures like the gamecock crow. Undefeated Vanderbilt faces biggest challenge yet with visit to No. 12 South Carolina 2011-09-20T07:53:57Z A brilliant gamecock, one or two partridges, some ribbons and flowers, and a big garden vase will accompany the hare and form a charming picture for the mere delight of the eyes. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z The signature at the bottom of each was the familiar scrawl of Java's gamecock governor. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The men did not demonstrate a drill in which they let a gamecock practice pecking at an untrained rooster. The Last Days of Legal Cockfighting in Puerto Rico 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z The roofs of most houses serve as a depository for hens and chickens, noisy gamecocks especially asserting themselves before daybreak, forbidding all ideas of morning naps, unless one is accustomed to the din. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z I’ll wager a new silk sarong, to be fought for by gamecocks, that they could not do that again. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z He will keep up his threep like a gamecock till he dies with it in his last crow. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z In that posture his long, coarse hair rose bristly above his neck, giving him something of the appearance of a gamecock with feathers ruffled. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z He said making the breeding of gamecocks illegal would not stop the clandestine events. The Texas Tribune: Cockfighting Outfits Evade the Law, and Continue to Prosper 2010-12-25T23:11:23Z The royal policy seems to have been to permit these Highland gamecocks to fight each other so long as they were fairly well matched. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Look at those two fellows there fighting those gamecocks. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z "What do you think of my gamecock, Bill?" asked Swanson, enthusiastically. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant I landed right in the middle of them, bear and dogs, fightin’ like gamecocks. Our Southern Highlanders A white horseman was coming down the mountain, and as he passed, and while he paused to exchange salutations with myself, Hoka was still staring and ruffling like a gamecock. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) “Well,” he finally said, “he acts like a gamecock, anyhow.” Aces Up The big man looked down at the little gamecock unsmilingly. Slaves of Mercury The Romans thought not only that the onion gave strength to the human frame, but that it would also improve the pugnacious quality of their gamecocks. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore They circled, facing each other like sparring gamecocks of a giant variety. The Spoilers of the Valley Much as the Filipino may care for his dog, however, he always reserves the warmest place in his heart for nothing else but his gamecock, his fighting rooster. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions And Luke, his head swathed in bandages from which his wiry red hair bristled like the comb of a gamecock, had grinned evilly and snarled his defiance. Vulcan's Workshop In truth, Grim had rather fairly described him as a gamecock. Slaves of Mercury There were gamecocks, too, looking like fierce soldiers. Dick and His Cat and Other Tales Brawny right hands that could have choked the reedy crow out of the little bantam gamecock, clenched in the baggy pockets of old shooting-jackets. The Dop Doctor Little gamecock!" cried his conqueror, "you must needs grow larger spurs before you tackle an old rooster like me! The Magic Soap Bubble I see you are of the fighting variety . . . a regular gamecock! The Comedienne The boys stood back for her, bending down on their haunches as at a fight of gamecocks, and encouraging her with shouts of applause. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 You are to keep out of harm's way, my young gamecock. Blackbeard: Buccaneer By jingo, I never saw such a pack of young gamecocks in my life. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Also for the Princess' brother, while he is still a gamecock, to do likewise. The Magic Soap Bubble A gamecock struggles at his tether in the stern, while the deck amidships swarms with wiry brown men, with bristling pompadours and feet like rubber, with wide-spreading toes. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia He is a gamecock, and, in fighting trim, There are not many birds that equal him. A Phenomenal Fauna He shook hands with her briefly, pushing his sharp chin out at her in his gamecock fashion. Card Trick And to every bed, table, stand, and chair was hobbled a gamecock—a rarely high-bred lot by their looks, that joined in saluting my entrance with a volley of questioning crows! The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier I say, what a pair of young gamecocks we were. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea “You did a moment ago, for all your hackles were sticking up like a gamecock’s.” In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First It is really a sort of gamecock among fish, and the money expended in licenses in Siam brings in a comfortable revenue to the Crown. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Olimpia burst into a shrill laugh, and Angioletto, who had the pluck of a little gamecock, turned to his partner in guilt. Little Novels of Italy I misremember now whether it was Mr. Scrimgour or the Captain that took the fancy to my father's pigs; but it was this day, at any rate, that the Captain sent him the gamecock. Auld Licht Idylls The far howl of a dog sounded through the dark: the sleepy crowing of scores of gamecocks accurately gauged the passing of another hour. Terry A Tale of the Hill People Curtis was quite small in stature but he was plucky as a gamecock, and a little dandyish in his dress. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 "Yes, if the breed is gamecock it will accept any challenge, not only war and politics, but mechanics, shop-keeping, cattle-herding, anything!" The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times Again they succumbed to mirth, and then Joe rose, bristling, and went forward much as a gamecock might step out to do battle. Then I'll Come Back to You All suggestion of Romish or Episcopalian tradition was scrupulously avoided, even to the omission of the cross and the substitution of a weather-vane or gamecock. The Mayor of Warwick There were four ungainly, monstrous birds like oversized Cornish Game gamecocks pecking at him. Operation: Outer Space The spines thus answer to the spurs of the gamecock or the antlers of the deer; they are masculine weapons in the struggle for mates. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The bulbul, though not the bird known by that name in Persia, is a pretty songster; but he is as desperate a fighter as a gamecock. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 "That's true, my young gamecock!" she shouted, in a deep voice, strangely cracked. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel He looked a gamecock as he stood there in the sunlight, his face all bathed in blood, and his shattered hand hanging numbed beside him. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front There was a kind of gamecock called Cornish Game that was fairly manshaped. Operation: Outer Space "Keep it safe in your pocket for a few hours, my gamecock, and my heiress to a beggar-girl, I'll have stone walls between you and me." Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession Picture to yourself a "black-breasted red" gamecock and you have him in all his glory except that his tail is drooping and he is more pheasant-like in his general bearing. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China The gypsy held beneath an arm a trim young gamecock feathered in rich browns and reds, with a hint of black, and armed with needle-pointed spurs. The Wrong Twin Every man, no matter how poor, owns a horse and three or four gamecocks. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest Much as we may admire such a robust old gamecock spirit in a valetudinarian, to call it a religious spirit would be odd. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature He grumbles a bit and jibs a bit when he thinks the Government are giving him a crooked deal, but he's gotten the patience of Job and the sand of a gamecock. Mr. Standfast The mothers of Sussex look round to count their chicks—I mean those young gamecocks that waited on her. Rewards and Fairies Ah, well! now I know my little gamecock's name, and I also know that he goes to the races. The Count's Millions He is the proud possessor of a sweet-heart, a gamecock, a horse, a hammock, a guitar and a large supply of tobacco. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest Though droughts should come, and though sheep should die, his fowls were his sole delight; He left his shed in the flood of work to watch two gamecocks fight. Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses “These” were a small black pig and a lusty specimen of black-red gamecock. Beasts and Super-Beasts We have been privileged," he cried, strutting about like a gamecock, "to be present at one of the typical decisive battles of history—the battles which have determined the fate of the world. The Lost World "Let me see him fight!" as if he had been a pet gamecock or bulldog. Hereward, the Last of the English You just can't help it—comes natural to you—like a gamecock fights. Peregrine's Progress She had blacked his eyes before he properly understood what was happening, and was dancing around him like an infuriated young gamecock when the rector had burst in upon them, attracted by the noise. The Sheik You see, there are eight other gamecocks, and they fight like furies if they get together, so we’re putting one in each bedroom. Beasts and Super-Beasts I was a clean-shaven naval doctor, about as unlike the army colonel of the first trip as a pigeon is unlike a gamecock. The Lost Naval Papers You cannot move an Indian by pity, and he will show mercy only to one who, like a gamecock, asks nothing less. Salute to Adventurers Admiral Brownson is a regular little gamecock and he drove the vessels to their limit. Letters to His Children To the frame of a dwarf, he united the soul of a giant, and the valor of a gamecock. Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers The gamecock, who may have fancied that he was being rocked in the branches of a pine-tree, bore the motion with greater fortitude than Latimer was able to command. Beasts and Super-Beasts We can charge like bulls; we can spring on our foes like gamecocks; when we are overpowered by reason, we can die fighting like rats. Fanny's First Play A coward: a cockpit phrase, all but gamecocks being styled dunghills. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue After dinner the disciplinarian and I converse—of dogs and horses, gamecocks, convicts, and moving accidents by flood and field. For the Term of His Natural Life I was accompanied by two torpedo boat destroyers, in charge of a couple of naval lieutenants, thorough gamecocks; and I had the two lieutenants aboard to dine one evening. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography The pigling, as though aware that it might have outstayed its welcome, dashed out at the door, and the gamecock followed it at a more dignified pace. Beasts and Super-Beasts Mr. Tegetmeier is convinced that a gamecock, though disfigured by being dubbed and with his hackles trimmed, would be accepted as readily as a male retaining all his natural ornaments. The Descent of Man It was one thing to browbeat a harmless boy, quite another to measure courage with a young gamecock like this. Bucky O'Connor Half an hour later, Chicken—now a gamecock of hostile aspect—emerged from the house with unsteady steps. Roads of Destiny He was a gamecock if ever there was one, but he was in very bad physical shape on the day of the fight. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography The march up the hill out of Lyme was a long exhibition of vanity, the women waving their handkerchiefs, the men putting on all sorts of airs, jetting like gamecocks. 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