noun

• A cock bred and trained for cockfighting.

  ‘owners of fighting cocks sometimes wager $35 on a match’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The group's sole purpose is to support the breeding of fighting cocks.’
  • ‘In Thailand, a fighting cock breeder died in hospital of suspected bird flu, the first death there.’
  • ‘Even the fierce fighting cocks in Thailand are no match for predators many times their size.’
  • ‘Nearby are a small local farm and a facility for raising fighting cocks.’
  • ‘It is a common sight in Bali to see a group of men sitting around fondling and exercising their fighting cocks.’
  • ‘What's going to happen to the professional fighting cock trainers?’
  • ‘For diversion, he raises fighting cocks and feeds some of the feral dogs.’
  • ‘The area was also a hotbed for people raising fighting cocks, so the noise was unbelievable.’
  • ‘An 18 year old man in Thailand, who had close contact with infected fighting cocks, died in September.’
  • ‘He struck up a curious friendship with Castro, who would send him gifts of cigars, fighting cocks and Cuban-produced yogurt.’