cock-a-doodle-do

Example Sentences

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As the “happy hens” hearing got fractious, Weyand’s phone rang with a cock-a-doodle-do ringtone.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2019

So saying he gave vent to a cock-a-doodle-do which would have done honour to the proudest of gallinaceans.

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules

However she heard a cock-a-doodle-do from the hen-house, and ran off there, forgetting her troubles.

From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret

"Fancy a mother throwing her daughter at the head of a boy like Reggie Leeds!—as vicious and unclean a little whelp as ever—Oh, what's the use?—and de mortius nihil—et cetera, cock-a-doodle-do!"

From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

So away he hopped, clippity, clip, lippity, lip, past the Barnyard where Cocky Doodle was singing his cock-a-doodle-do song, and Henny Penny was cackling over her new laid egg.

From Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk by Cory, David