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
Looking elegantly tuxedoed on their sold-out tours of Europe and the U.S., they spiked their tight harmonies with expert, deadpan vocal clowning; they could imitate band instruments and barnyard fowl.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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Red jungle fowl from India passed Royal muster as "a species believed to be direct descendants of the ancestors of all barnyard fowl."
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Eagle does not stoop to the barnyard fowl.
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend