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Meaning of cockcrow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الفجر
Bosanski зора
Čeština kuropění
Deutsch Hahnenschrei
Suomi kukonlaulu
Hrvatski зора
한국어 새벽
Македонски зора
Српски зора

Examples

“I put the chief of police behind the bar, instructed him in his duties, and we four convivial spirits sprawled along the counter drinking ale and telling yarns till cockcrow.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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