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cockadoodle en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Meanings
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The crow of a cock; cock-a-doodle-doo.
COCKADOODLE, to crow like a cock (onomatopœous). The peacocks, with their spotted coates and affrighting voyces, for heralds, the prickt and enlisted; and the cockadoodling cocks for their trumpeters.—Nashe, Lenten Stuff (Harl. Misc., vi. 170).
1881, Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, A Supplementary English Glossary, G. Bell and Sons, page 132:
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cockadoodle en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
Blend of cocker spaniel + poodle, perhaps influenced by Labradoodle.
Meanings
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A dog that is a cross between a cocker spaniel and a poodle.
The neighbor's dog - Hannah had told me once that it was a cockadoodle and they'd paid a fortune for it from a breeder - broke into hysterical barking.
2019 December 3, Sophie Ranald, Out with the Ex, In with the New: An utterly perfect feel good romantic comedy, Bookouture, →ISBN:What is the definition of a “breed”? (Is a cockadoodle a breed of dog? Is the Savannah cat really a domesticated cat?")
2023 June 6, Daniel M. Russell, “What's the Most Likely Way You'll Die?”, in The Joy of Search: A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 79:“This creature has facilitated your coitus?” “He's a cockadoodle. Half cocker spaniel, half poodle, specifically bred to save marriages.”
2023 August 14, Joe Saunders, “The Pronunciation Cassette Tapes” (0:48 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Kevin (Ken Marino):A little cockadoodle puppy galloped towards her, its lead trailing behind him on the leafy path.
2017 September 7, Carmel Harrington, Cold Feet: The Lost Years, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
Forms
Relateds
cockadoodle broth
Synonyms
spoodle · cockapoo