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  • But she had heard Marmaduke say "Peacock," so she took her finger out of her mouth just long enough to point at the Guinea-hen, who was screeching horribly out in the barnyard.

    Seven O'Clock Stories Robert Gordon Anderson

  • Ere I would say I would drown myself for the love of a Guinea-hen, I would change my humanity with a baboon.

    Othello William Shakespeare 1590

  • Guinea-hen] All decks and no bottom was this ship, but she was as stiff as a church.

    Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum 1877

  • I. iii.317 (392,9) a Guinea-hen] A showy bird with fine feathers.

    Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

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