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The killing of a chicken, especially the former sport of cock-throwing; or, humorously, the killing of a Frenchman.

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gallicide

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gallicide

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The killing of a chicken, especially the former sport of cock-throwing; or, humorously, the killing of a Frenchman.

Japanese Meaning

鶏（特にかつてのスポーツとして行われた鶏投げに関連する）を殺すこと / 冗談的表現としての、フランス人を殺すこと

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The village's annual gallicide, once a brutal sport of cock-throwing, was outlawed in the 19th century.

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その村で毎年行われていた鶏の殺害は、かつて雄鶏を投げる残酷なスポーツだったため、19世紀に禁止されました。

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The killing of a chicken, especially the former sport of cock-throwing; or, humorously, the killing of a Frenchman.

A Cock has the Misfortune to be called in Latin by the same Word which signifies a Frenchman: So that nothing could so well represent, or be represented by the One as the Other.... Gallicide, or Cock-Throwing, was first introduced by way of contempt to the French, and to exasperate the Minds of the People against that Nation...

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