Yardfowl

//ˈjɑːdfaʊl// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chicken raised in a yard.

    "It alſo feeds Pheaſants, Partridges, Pidgeons, Yard-Fowls, &c., very expeditiously."

  2. 2
    A political sycophant. Barbados

    "Like an expectant dog barking for his supper, he [Barbados Prime Minister Tom Adams] rushes in to please his new master [Ronald] Reagan like all good yardfowls by attacking Grenada."

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"It alſo feeds Pheaſants, Partridges, Pidgeons, Yard-Fowls, &c., very expeditiously."

Etymology

From yard + fowl. Sense 2 (“political sycophant”) may allude to the tendency of chickens to gather around a person who is feeding them.

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