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Webster 1913 Edition
Alectoromachy
A-lecˊto-rom′a-chy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] cock + [GREEK] fight.]
Cockfighting.
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alectoromachy
alectoromachy
English
Noun
alectoromachy (uncountable)
- (rare) cockfighting
- 1872, Stephen Powers, Afoot and alone: a walk from sea to sea by the southern route
- In the long mud-barracks some of them are reading the Bible, more are playing cards, betting, swearing, yelling according to the most approved precedents of alectoromachy.
- 1872, Stephen Powers, Afoot and alone: a walk from sea to sea by the southern route