The gypsy held beneath an arm a trim young gamecock feathered in rich browns and reds, with a hint of black, and armed with needle-pointed spurs.
"The Wrong Twin"
Harry Leon Wilson
Age mouthed an ugly word to the veteran insensible of it in his body, when a desire to be one with these pairs of nimble wrists and legs was like an old gamecock shown the pit and put back into the basket.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
And to every bed, table, stand, and chair was hobbled a gamecock-a rarely high-bred lot by their looks, that joined in saluting my entrance with a volley of questioning crows!
"The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier"
Edgar Beecher Bronson