: a contest in which gamecocks usually fitted with metal spurs are pitted against each other
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The United States isn't the only country dealing with cockfights, wrote Wayne Pacelle, founder of the advocacy group Animal Wellness Action.
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Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Lee first spies him in the evening street, in the middle of a crowd gawking at a cockfight.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
Police in Hawaii have vowed to step up enforcement after one of the most serious mass shootings in that state's history happened last year at a cockfight where five people were shot, including two who died.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
But Devore acknowledged a former district director for his organization who has since resigned was arrested and charged with facilitating a cockfight after authorities in Carter County raided a cockfighting pit with more than 100 people in attendance.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
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Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Lee first spies him in the evening street, in the middle of a crowd gawking at a cockfight.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
Police in Hawaii have vowed to step up enforcement after one of the most serious mass shootings in that state's history happened last year at a cockfight where five people were shot, including two who died.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
But Devore acknowledged a former district director for his organization who has since resigned was arrested and charged with facilitating a cockfight after authorities in Carter County raided a cockfighting pit with more than 100 people in attendance.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Cockfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cockfight. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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cockfight
noun
cock·fight
ˈkäk-ˌfīt 
: a fight between roosters usually fitted with metal spurs
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