A chicken-fight is to take place this evening between two game-cocks. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
Labels: chicken-fight like a robot, gambling, golf, tiger woods. From Wordnik.com. [Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back] Reference
"Get along to your chicken-fight," he adjured Angus, and took the letter from his hand. From Wordnik.com. [August First] Reference
Oh! to see him at a chicken-fight -- when there are gamecocks in the pit, and the bets range from one to five dollars!. From Wordnik.com. [Social relations in our Southern States,] Reference
If there was a dog-fight, he'd bet on it; if there was a cat-fight, he'd bet on it; if there was a chicken-fight, he'd bet on it. From Wordnik.com. [Initial Studies in American Letters] Reference
To fill up the time a dog-fight and a chicken-fight were improvised by the enterprising stable-boys in the back yard, on the green slopes of the running Branch. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Chesapeake] Reference
I went to a chicken-fight yesterday and lost all my change. ". From Wordnik.com. [Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2] Reference
If there was a dog-fight, he'd bet on it; if there was a cat-fight, he'd bet on it; if there was a chicken-fight, he'd bet on it; why, if there was two birds sitting on a fence he would bet you which one would fly first; or if there was a camp-meeting, he would be there reg'lar to bet on Parson Walker, which he judged to be the best exhorter about here -- and so he was, too, and a good man. From Wordnik.com. [The Bed-Book of Happiness] Reference
A dog-fight, he'd bet on it; if there was a cat-fight, he'd bet on it; if there was a chicken-fight, he'd bet on it; why, if there was two birds setting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first; or if there was a camp-meeting, he would be there reg'lar to bet on Parson Walker, which he judged to be the best exhorter about here, and so he was too, and a good man. From Wordnik.com. [The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County] Reference
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