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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Shrovetide Cocks

Shrove Tuesday used to be the great “Derby Day” of cock-fighting in England.

“Or martyr beat, like Shrovetide cocks, with bats.”

Peter Pindar: Subjects for Painters.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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