1988, Peter Straub, Koko, Anchor Books (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, Doubleday Canada (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
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 (2013), →ISBN, page 86:
Perhaps in reference to its spectacular, arguably roosterish, red comb-like frontal plate.
"Poor boy," said Patience sympathetically, and Fisher eyed her with suddenly aroused manhood. "And that's all?"
His big shoulders drooped, and the roosterish look went out of his eyes.
1955, Herman Wouk, Marjorie Morningstar, Little, Brown and Company (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
[…] and when it was over he would blink and smirk around at the ladies, with a roosterish pride quite engaging to behold.
2007, Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls, Rome, Venice, Florence, Cadogan Guides (2007), →ISBN, page 222:
His roosterish boastfulness and the conviction that his was the best of all possible artistic worlds, set next to his very modest talents, have made him a comic figure in most art criticism.
2012, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Triurbia, HarperCollins (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
He is very handsome, though too roosterish for me, with his big yacht and yellow sports car and overenthusiastic swimming.