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
"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)
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 Hale, Edward Everett
Cocky Doodle is the cock-a-doodle-do clock of the whole wide world.
From Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures by Barbour, Harold S.
Then digging his feet well into the ground, he began his morning cock-a-doodle-do.
From Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures by Barbour, Harold S.