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rooster


an unusually well-read or groomed visitor to the area - potentially usurping the local authority. Identifying the superiority of the visitor - not always uninvited, but not quite at the level of friend/mate: "What did that rooster want?" - asking about the unsolicited phone call or visitor. "Did you see those roosters?" calling attention to a group of strangers who were different in some way - dress, deportment, grooming, diction.