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chant the cock

[< Cdn F]

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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among voyageurs, the traditional way to invite a fight.

Quotations

1822

[Our hut was first completed, when our champion clambered aloft, and crowed defiance; three times he crowed (aloud), but no responding voice was heard from the opposite camp.]

1913

The challenger would parade, "chanting the cock" (chantant le coq), in defiance of the best man (le meilleur).