yardfowl
/ˈjɑɹdˌfaʊl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It alſo feeds Pheaſants, Partridges, Pidgeons, Yard-Fowls, &c., very expeditiously."
- "On the third and fourth shelves are the different races of domestic fowls, and near them several wild species from India and the Moluccas. It cannot yet be decided from which of them our common yard fowls have sprung."
- "What ravishments, inaccessible to us, may not be written there, where the awakened yardfowl carves her fluid sport, to remotest whispers of the eagle's flight."
- "By then Torin had used Brinda's pebbles to buy wine, bread, and a little yardfowl meat, so he had to give her their worth in other toys."
- "Then he dragged her and kicked her naked out into the yard before the eyes of the yard fowl and mule and two stricken, terrified children."
- "Oh, how pleased will Cromus be to read the boy's intestinal fortitude – a deal more accurate than the innards of yardfowl, he claims; they're sure to unblock those dream paths, as he calls them, [...]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjɑɹdˌfaʊl/
- British English: /ˈjɑːdfaʊl/