cockerel
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Items include 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a brass cockerel and a key to the king's palace.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2022
After being looted, the cockerel was given to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021
The sculpture of a cockerel was one of hundreds of Benin Bronzes that were pillaged from the once mighty Kingdom of Benin, located in what is now Nigeria.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021
Jesus College's bronze cockerel, donated by a parent of a student, took pride of place in the college dining hall.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2021
The dogs flanked the procession and at the head of all marched Napoleon’s black cockerel.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
Police commissioner Nimio Cardozo said Rotela, who leads the criminal clan of the same name, lived in comfort in The Jungle along with his pregnant wife, his dogs and his cockerels.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023
In the late 1960s, the International Dairy Federation paid Yudkin to conduct sugar studies in pigs, rats, cockerels, and humans.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2018
There was an old geezer on the ground staff, who was an animal lover, and he would round up the cockerels and take them home.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017
People carrying cockerels in slings or under their arms travel to these venues by horse-drawn carriage, bicycle or in candy-colored vintage American cars.
From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2017
There were many classes for poultry, so Winnie decided to send some of her best cockerels, a selection of Buff Orpington chickens, and a pair of big white Aylesbury ducks.
From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Stanley Davis
