Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The male moor-fowl.
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Examples
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“I should prefer a moor-cock or guinea-fowl,” replied Pencroft, “still, if they are good to eat —”
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“I should prefer a moor-cock or guinea-fowl,” replied Pencroft, “still, if they are good to eat —”
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` ` And I tell you, Mr. Cosmo Comyne Bradwardine, of Bradwardine and Tully-Veolan, '' retorted the sportsman, in huge disdain, ` ` that I'll make a moor-cock of the man that refuses my toast, whether it be a crop-eared English Whig wi 'a black ribband at his lug, or ane wha deserts his ain friends to claw favour wi' the rats of Hanover. ''
The Waverley 1877
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Coming out of the wet, dark night, it was pleasant to see the blazing ingle, the white-sanded floor, and the little round table holding some cold moor-cock and the pastry that he particularly liked.
Winter Evening Tales Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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The red grouse, gorcock, or moor-cock, weighs about nineteen ounces, and the female somewhat less.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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The red grouse, gorcock, or moor-cock, weighs about nineteen ounces, and the female somewhat less.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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She heard the wild swans winging their way above her, and she thought of the wild hunters and the spectre-horseman: [41] the short wail of the curlew, the call of the moor-cock and plover, was the voice of her beloved.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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Tully-Veolan, 'retorted the sportsman in huge disdain,' that I'll make a moor-cock of the man that refuses my toast, whether it be a crop-eared English Whig wi 'a black ribband at his lug, or ane wha deserts his ain friends to claw favour wi' the rats of Hanover. '
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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Tully-Veolan, 'retorted the sportsman in huge disdain,' that I'll make a moor-cock of the man that refuses my toast, whether it be a crop-eared English Whig wi 'a black ribband at his lug, or ane wha deserts his ain friends to claw favour wi' the rats of Hanover. '
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Tully-Veolan, 'retorted the sportsman in huge disdain,' that I'll make a moor-cock of the man that refuses my toast, whether it be a crop-eared
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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