dovecots

If he is appointed there will be fluttering in the EU dovecots as well.

They are not playing soft ball Helen 2005

Birds do not sing in caves, nor do doves cherish their innocence in dovecots.

Walden 2004

Domestic fowls, in plenty, and pigeons with dovecots like those in Egypt were seen.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

The latter was from a big trading station in Helgeland, the centre of a populous district, a regular port of call for the coasting steamers and stylishly equipped with dovecots, peacock alleys, a tower on the main building, a warehouse and a ship quay of solid concrete.

The Road Leads On 2003

You pretend to love him and for eight years you have seen him housed in casks, in crevices and dovecots, where he is blinded with the smoke, and you lock him in without pity;

The Knights 2000

There were dovecots, small gardens, lines of washing, and the like.

Night Arrant Gygax, Gary 1987

Then we took all the pigeons out of their dovecots and ducked them in the water-butt, held them under rill their beaks started bubbling then threw them up in the air.

Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959

You pretend to love him and for eight years you have seen him housed in casks, in crevices and dovecots, [90] where he is blinded with the smoke, and you lock him in without pity; Archeptolemus brought peace and you tore it to ribbons; the envoys who come to propose a truce you drive from the city with kicks in their backsides.

The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

Every variety of beautiful pigeon nested in the rocks and dovecots, their soft cooing and glossy plumage making them favorite household pets.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Charles Herbert Sylvester

Flights of ravens and crows incessantly wheel round and round in the gulfs and natural wells which they transform into dark dovecots, while the brown bear, followed by her shaggy family, who sport and tumble around her in the snow, slowly descends from their retreat invaded by the frost.

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