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chanticleer
/t͡ʃæntəˌklɪɹ/
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What does chanticleer mean?
verb
- To make the crowing sound of a cock.
- To crow in exultation.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (archaic, literary) A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
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IPA pronunciation
/t͡ʃæntəˌklɪɹ/
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She called Chanticleer, his two wives, and the venerable chicken, and threw them some crumbs of bread from the breakfast-table.
As I have said, I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.
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When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep-contemplative, And I did laugh sans intermission An hour by his dial.
It is not the clear clarion of chanticleer that is heard in the morn of English poetry, but a harsh chorus of cracked voices, hoarse and abortive attempts, squawks of young experimenters, and some indescribable thing besides, for I believe even the hens crow in these days.
In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and juicy relishing ham; not a turkey but he beheld daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of savory sausages; and even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling on his back, in a side dish, with uplifted claws, as if craving that quarter which his chivalrous spirit disdained to ask while living.