poultry

• They went to their beds with the poultry, and rose as the cock crew: they went to mass, as their ducks to the osier and weed ponds; and to the conscription as their lambs to the slaughter. —  Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida
• Then he has wrung them as if he were wringing the necks of poultry, and fixed them on his drying line with thorns and spikes, and finally he has taken the battered garments to his torture chamber and ploughed them with his iron, longwise and crosswise and slantwise, and dropped glowing cinders on their tenderest places. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
• His wish was that I should ask him who they were, and what it was that was known but to so few; but I did not, but began a new bargain with a man for his poultry--for, you must know, we were in the market. —  Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century
• They were making quite a large income from their poultry, and spent it freely. —  Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)
• They belong to Edith and me and Jacob shall take them to Lymington and sell them for us, and get us some new clothes for Sunday, for these begin to look rather worn--and no wonder No, dearest, the poultry are yours, and I will sell them for you as soon as you please, and buy what you wish with the money," replied Jacob. —  The Children of the New Forest

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