Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A simplified spelling of
pheasant .
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Examples
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"Cap'n, suh, you means me an 'Lily is headed west wid de red fezant gen'men?"
Lady Luck Hugh Wiley
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Of the partridge and fezant we killed great store with bow and arrowes: in this place at the harborough mouth we found great store of cod.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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'At fat boy wid de red fezant is de one whut had de gin hiccoughs. "
Lady Luck Hugh Wiley
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"I's de po'teh fo 'de blue fezant boys -- dis heah Mysterious Mecca business.
Lady Luck Hugh Wiley
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