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  • I heard the twitter of skimming swallows and the scattered covey's piping call; I heard the robin's gay whistle, the croaking of crows, the scolding of blue-jays, and the melancholy cooing of a dove.

    Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Robert L. Taylor

  • 'It ain't no use at all, my lord;' cos vy? the covey's dead! '

    The Bon Gaultier Ballads Theodore Martin 1862

  • Don't you know that when the sun begins to scorch a covey's head he must have water in his stomach, or he'll soon kick the bucket?

    The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia William Henry Thomes 1859

  • "If you want to save that covey's life, you'd better make him hold his gab, and get him off the ground as soon as possible," an English soldier said, stopping for a moment to examine our old companion's wound, and then passing on with as much indifference as it was possible to manifest.

    The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia William Henry Thomes 1859

  • As he could not follow his preceptor's advice as touching the bottle, he adopted his own crude plan of "making a mark on some old covey's head," and therefore looked dead at the doctor.

    Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1848

  • The six-hole punch for franklin covey's pocket size can punch you 5 holes in the right places for a 6 hole filofax binder that fits 3x5 cards.

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