cockcrowing
Example Sentences
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I saw her between cockcrowing and dawn, noble one, when I let down the bars for the cattle to come in to the milking.
From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)
It bade me "watch perpetually, not knowing whether my Lord would return at cockcrowing or at midday."
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William
Undoubtedly, if we are to expect our Master at cockcrowing, we shall not study the permanent improvement of this transitory scene.
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William
It may be at even, it may be at midnight, it may be at cockcrowing and it may be in the morning.
From Why I Preach the Second Coming by Haldeman, Isaac Massey
The Cat said to the Hen's child, "Go and tell thy mother to arise and come at the cockcrowing; for what should eat her?"
From The Talking Beasts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
