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单词 yard-fowl
释义

yard-fowl

See also: yardfowl and yard fowl

English

Noun

yard-fowl (plural yard-fowl or yard-fowls)

  1. Alternative form of yardfowl
    • 1744 July, William Ellis, “Of French or Buck Wheat”, in The Modern Husbandman, or The Practice of Farming, volume III, London: Printed for, and sold by, T[homas] Osborne, [], and M. Cooper, [], OCLC 837571570, page 54:
      It alſo feeds Pheaſants, Partridges, Pidgeons, Yard-Fowls, &c., very expeditiously.
    • 1985, Graham Walker, editor, The World Today, London: Royal Institute of International Affairs; Oxford University Press, ISSN 0043-9134, OCLC 1142793404, page 107, column 1:
      All Caribbean politicians have a network of supporters and informants, popularly known as ‘yard-fowls’. The VSN [Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale, or Tonton Macoute] were the yard-fowl armed.

Anagrams

  • fowlyard
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