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weathercock a weather vane in the form of a cock How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He shot the weathercock off his own ridiculous gilded summerhouse. At length all this was devoutly believed; and the new sexton used to exhibit to the curious, for a trifling emolument, a good- sized piece of the church weathercock which had been accidentally kicked off by the aforesaid horse in his aerial flight, and picked up by himself in the churchyard, a year or two afterwards. Kutuzov no one spoke of, except some who abused him in whispers, calling him a court weathercock and an old satyr. |
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