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
This was not all, for the cock, awaking at the noise, clapped his wings, and cried from the beam: "Cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-do!"
From Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 by Edward Everett Hale
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 David Cory
And when the waves are rolling high The wind is blowing strong, I sing my cock-a-doodle-do Just like a sailor song.
From The Cruise of the Noah's Ark by David Cory
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 Jules Verne
