barnyard fowl
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The New York Mets — after reliever Frank Francisco called the rival Yankees "chickens" — have brought in a live barnyard fowl as a clubhouse pet, so now it's time to give it a name.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2012
The Secretary of State lisps, and therefore says "Jesus Kwyst!," report Davis & Lindley, whose admiration for Cordell Hull's profanity and cracker-box yarns about mules, shirttails and barnyard fowl is right in the Washington groove.
From Time Magazine Archive
On dry isolated spots farmers hoed sugar beets, tended their barnyard fowl.
From Time Magazine Archive
Immediately everybody shuns him because ferrets are believed to massacre barnyard fowl.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, so does a poor old croaking barnyard fowl advise a golden eagle!...
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry
