"covies" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"Fine shooting,\" again muttered Lord Merton; \"and if I knew Lord Etheringhame, he might ask me to shoot over his grounds.\" Campbell talks of the magic of a name—yes, if the name be partridges. \"Well, Adelaide; but how do you mean to contrive it?\" […] A lingering hope of the covies gave unusual animation to her brother's manner, when he hoped their acquaintance was only begun: […]",
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