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Huntin 'him fa'in into languor and ennui, and growin' ower fat on how-towdies (_barn-door fowls_).
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How-towdies, barndoor fowls; origin of the word unknown, though it has been suggested that it may be a corruption of the Gaelic cun-doide, a fowl to the hand, or a fowl ready to the hand if wanted.
April 25, 2009