1988, Peter Straub, Koko, Anchor Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 62:
Jimmy Lah was pouring some soapy blender concoction for the bar's only customer besides himself, a fruitcake with a roosterish yellow Mohawk and oversized pink eyeglasses.
2012, Mary Stewart Atwell, Wild Girls[1], Doubleday Canada, →ISBN:
When Kayak Boy was mad he put his shoulders back and stuck his head forward, a roosterish stance that reminded me of Travis.
2013, Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide, CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:
Perhaps in reference to its spectacular, arguably roosterish, red comb-like frontal plate.