Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bird that rises rapidly and flies straight up when flushed, as a pheasant may do.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Sporting), engraving A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun hunting A bird, especially a
pheasant , which, beingflushed , rises straight in the air like a rocket.
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Mr. Cecil; never grudge a guinea, or a fiver to you; never out of temper either, always have a kind word for you if you want, thoro'bred every inch of him; see him bring down a rocketer, or lift his horse over the
Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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