partridge

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Schwarzman, who usually arrives by helicopter, also bought the farm next door to host pheasant and partridge shoots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

After six seasons, five Christmas specials, three movies and a partridge in a pear tree, this is the end, until the next time writer and creator Julian Fellowes is struck with inspiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

It described the deaths as a “national disgrace” and blamed the majority of incidents on rogue gamekeepers trying to protect stocks of pheasant, partridge and grouse on countryside shooting estates.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024

While many cultures and individuals still preferred slender women and muscular men, others idealized being "plump as a partridge" as indicative of both health and wealth.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2022

Platters of duck and partridge, rabbit and bird eggs, and seasoned venison passed by in dizzying numbers.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis