"yard-fowl" meaning in All languages combined

See yard-fowl on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: yard-fowl [plural], yard-fowls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|yard-fowl|s}} yard-fowl (plural yard-fowl or yard-fowls)
  1. Alternative form of yardfowl Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: yardfowl
    Sense id: en-yard-fowl-en-noun-J8QpjKYB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "It alſo feeds Pheaſants, Partridges, Pidgeons, Yard-Fowls, &c., very expeditiously.",
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          "ref": "1985, Graham Walker, editor, The World Today, London: Royal Institute of International Affairs; Oxford University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 107, column 1:",
          "text": "All Caribbean politicians have a network of supporters and informants, popularly known as ‘yard-fowls’. The VSN [Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale, or Tonton Macoute] were the yard-fowl armed.",
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