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cockfighting


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  • cock-fighting

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The sport of pitting gamecocks (male chickens) to fight each other, often with metal spurs afixed to their feet; the sport was formerly was commonly practiced, but is now illegal in most countries. It was popular in ancient times in India, China, and Persia; it spread to Greece, Asia Minor, Europe, and the Americas.

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