gallicide means the killing of a chicken, especially the former sport of cock-throwing; or, humorously, the killing of a Frenchman. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
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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..."”
- The chemical phenylmercury monoethanolammonium acetate, used for the control of slime-forming bacteria in pulp and paper mills.“On the other hand, Gallicide, being a liquid, may be added at any point […]”