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blackcock
blackcock (ˈblækkɒk) The male of the black grouse or black game.1427 Scot. Acts Jas. I (1597) §108 Patricks, plovers, black-cockes. 1753 Stewart's Trial App. 21 He would make black cocks of them, before they entered into possession, by which the deponent understood shooting them. 1815 Scott Ld. of I... Oxford English Dictionary
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HMS Blackcock
HMS Blackcock was a tugboat which was operated by the Royal Navy during World War I. In 1915 the Blackcock along with five other tugboats (Liverpool's Sarah Joliffe and T. A. wikipedia.org
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Operation Blackcock
Blackcock The clearing of the Roer Triangle was planned along three axes. References External links British Report about Operation Blackcock (PDF, 74 pages) Operation "Blackcock" Western Allied invasion of Germany Blackcock wikipedia.org
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grey-hen
grey-hen (ˈgreɪhɛn) The female of the Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix), the heath-hen. (The male is called the blackcock.)? 1427 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 542 Wyld foulis, sic as pertrikis, pluveris, black cockis, gray hennis. 1618 Naworth Househ. Bks. (Surtees) 79, 2 gray hens. 1787 G. White Selbor... Oxford English Dictionary
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Blackburn Turcock
The first fighter from Blackburn under their new numbering system became the F.1; the name Blackcock was applied to the design, but it was intended that wikipedia.org
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black game
black game Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix), of which the male is called blackcock, and the female grey hen.1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 173 The Heathcock or Black game or Grous, called by Turner the Morehen. 1787 G. White Selborne vi. 1818 Scott Rob Roy vii, The law against unauthorized destroyers of b... Oxford English Dictionary
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Phillip Boydell
During his service in the Royal Navy, his vessel the tugboat HMS Blackcock was lost off Murmansk in winter, but Boydell lived to tell the tale, and was wikipedia.org
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heath-cock
heath-cock The male of the heath-bird or Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix), the Blackcock; in N. America, the Canada grouse and other species.1590 R. Payne Descr. Irel. (1841) 7 Great store of wild Swannes, Cranes..Heathcocks, Plouers. 1674 Ray Collect. Words, Birds 85 The common Heath cock, Black game o... Oxford English Dictionary
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Linne
In January 1945, Linne was liberated from German occupation within the scope of 'Operation Blackcock'. wikipedia.org
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lek
▪ I. lek, v. (lɛk) [? a. Sw. leka to play: see lake v.1 (cf. quot. 1884 s.v. laking vbl. n.1).] intr. of certain birds: To take part in a pattern of behaviour centred upon a lek; hence ˈlekking vbl. n. Also lek n.1, a patch of ground used by groups of birds of certain species, esp. blackcock, during... Oxford English Dictionary
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Maurice Walsh
In 1932, Walsh published Blackcock's Feather, which was later translated into Irish as Cleite chiarchoiligh for use in schools. A number of other works, including Blackcock's Feather, were serialised on the radio. wikipedia.org
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Dennis Donnini
On 18 January 1945 during Operation Blackcock, Fusilier Donnini's platoon was ordered to attack the small village of Stein in Selfkant Germany, close to Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) References Further reading External links Battle for the Roermond Triangle – revised version 2004 at www.operation-blackcock.com wikipedia.org
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Gustav-Adolf von Zangen
Ardennes offensive starting 16 December 1944, his 15th Army was tasked with fixing the British and U.S. forces north of the Bulge (see also Operation Blackcock wikipedia.org
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Henry Eric Harden
On 23 January 1945 during Operation Blackcock, at Brachterbeek, the Netherlands, three marines of the leading section of the Royal Marine Commando Troop wikipedia.org
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Sint Joost
On 20 and 21 January 1945 the village was largely destroyed during the liberation by the British troops during Operation Blackcock. wikipedia.org
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