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Cock throwing - Wikipedia
Cock throwing, also known as cock-shying or throwing at cocks, was a blood sport widely practised in England until the late 18th century.
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26 Cock Throwing Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images
Browse 26 cock throwing photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Cock throwing, aka cock-shying or throwing at ...
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Cock Throwing a Blood Sport - Topend Sports
Cock Throwing is a blood sport that was widely practiced in England (also known as Cock-shying or Throwing at Cocks), practiced until the late 18th century.
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cock-throwing
ˈcock-throwing, vbl. n. The sport of throwing sticks at a cock tied to a post, to try who should succeed in knocking it down or killing it: formerly an ordinary Shrove-tide pastime.1640 Wit's Recreations (N.), Cock-throwing. Cock-a-doodle do, 'tis the bravest game. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (...
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Cocks, throwing at - Oxford Reference
A live cock, or hen, is tied by one leg to a stake or other immovable object. Players take it in turn to throw heavy sticks at the bird, and the one who kills ...
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Cock fighting - The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Cock throwing, also known as cock-shying or throwing at cocks, was a blood sport widely practiced in England until the late 18th century.
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Cock throwing
Cock throwing, also known as cock-shying or throwing at cocks, was a blood sport widely practised in England until the late 18th century. Cock throwing was traditionally associated with Shrove Tuesday.
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How to Play Cock Throwing? an ancient Blood Sport - YouTube
Timestamps OR Chapters: 0:00 Introduction of Cock Throwing 0:58 How to Play Cock Throwing? 2:16 How to Win Cock Throwing?
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cock throwing - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(historical) A blood sport in which coksteles are thrown at an immobilised rooster until it is killed.
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cock-throwing, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun cock-throwing is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for cock-throwing is from 1650, in the writing ...
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COCKTHROWING Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of COCKTHROWING is an old sport of throwing sticks at a cock tied to a stake popular especially at Shrovetide.
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Cock Throwing, aka Cock-Shying or Throwing at Cocks, from Old ...
Cock Throwing, aka Cock-Shying or Throwing at Cocks, from Old England: A Pictorial Museum, pub. 1847 by English School as fine art print. ▷ Buy now.
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throwing
▪ I. throwing, vbl. n.1 (ˈθrəʊɪŋ) [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of throw v.1 I. 1. (In form thrawing.) Twisting, wringing; turning or bending to one side; also fig. crossing, thwarting; quarrelling. Sc.a 1585 Montgomerie Flyting 376 They deemde, what death it sould die..‘be throwing [v.r. thrawi...
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Frizzen
When the trigger is pulled, the hammer or cock which includes a shaped piece of flint held in a set of jaws with a scrap of leather or thin piece of lead , snaps forward causing the flint to scrape downward along the frizzen's face (historically called the 'battery'), throwing it forward into the open position
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cock-shy
cock-shy colloq. (ˈkɒkˌʃaɪ) [f. cock n.1 + shy v. or n.] 1. Applied to cock-throwing and similar games with cocks.[1794 Brand Pop. Antiq. I. (1813) s.v. Shrovetide, The person who throws..has three shys, or throws, for two pence, and wins the Cock if he can knock him down and run up and catch him be...
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