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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The time when pigeons feed on bents before peas are ripe: as, “rare benting-times,”

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.

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  • noun archaic The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.

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