Making a play on the word pheasant doesn't make you Oscar Bloody Wilde. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
However, if the pheasant is within 25 yards and is in the middle of the pattern, even #8's can be effective. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking Pheasant Loads] Reference
My dear Miss Barnes, - I send you a pheasant, which is a trophy as well as a dead bird!. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
The breast, wings and merry-thought of a pheasant are the most highly prized, although the legs are considered very finely flavored. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
Familiarly known as a pheasant, and having one feature at least in common with the family, it makes no claim to direct relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
The pheasant is a strong lock upon the woods; like one of Chubb's patent locks, he closes the woods as firmly as an iron safe can be shut. From Wordnik.com. [The Open Air] Reference
Homemade sausages are a specialty, and you can order game such as pheasant, quail and venison. From Wordnik.com. [Ninth Avenue Freeze Frame] Reference
Depending on availability, J&S also sell game, such as pheasant, mallard and teal. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
‘stuck-on’ head of a pheasant which is brought to the table regally adorned with its feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Swann's Way] Reference
"pheasant," until contestant Mary Ott is called out for her spelling of "burgundy," which she spelled correctly. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News-Record] Reference
Steve Winwood, of Gloucestershire, hunts pheasant. From Wordnik.com. [Not-So-Square Squires] Reference
But the golden pheasant is much too beautiful to eat. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle Book One] Reference
A tourist stabbing a waiter over an overcooked pheasant. From Wordnik.com. [An Admirer Visits Paul Bowles] Reference
California pheasant, gallina del campo of the Spaniards. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
California pheasant, the gallina del campo of the Spaniards. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
"I must say, a roasted pheasant would be very welcome now," said. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
In no time he had tied a bead-head pheasant tail fly to his line. From Wordnik.com. [The Retreat] Reference
It was a pheasant day, and instinctively I turned round a little to catch. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Presently he saw a fox approach, go to the tree, and look up at the pheasant. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The Master said, Hen pheasant on the ridge, it is the season, it is the season. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
As a kid, he had a passion for hunting - deer, pheasant, quail - and military history. From Wordnik.com. [Tea party's Joe Miller: What he plans if Alaska sends him to Washington] Reference
Next, the trainer stood farther away and twirled the "lure", a pheasant wing on the end of a line. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Dorset] Reference
The microwavable feasts mentioned include pheasant, steamed fish with black-bean sauce, and polenta. From Wordnik.com. [Microwaving 101: College kids can cook a lot more than popcorn] Reference
I later heard about the local boys in the 1960's, hunting pheasant in those lower reaches below the bridges. From Wordnik.com. [The Bridge] Reference
This fall, ostrich, pheasant and even pigeon feathers are popping up on jackets, gowns, handbags and necklaces. From Wordnik.com. [Proud As A Peacock] Reference
It's naivete of a rare sort to think that if I'm hunting for pheasant, it will matter what the birds squawk at me. From Wordnik.com. [Seth Shostak: Don't Tell ET!] Reference
At dinner, pheasant-laden tables would be candlelit while outside the pedestrian bridge would unfurl itself, a cabled web. From Wordnik.com. [Angels Carry the Sun excerpt: Chapter One, In the Woods] Reference
In this world we can have almost anything happen to the two brothers while they walk along in the low hills on a pheasant hunt. From Wordnik.com. [Pheasant Hunt] Reference
More than 50 varieties of birds have dined at our feeders, from the tiny ruby-throated hummingbird to the exotic ring-necked pheasant. From Wordnik.com. [No Hunting Here, Please] Reference
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