What does yard-fowl mean?

yard-fowl

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

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"It alſo feeds Pheaſants, Partridges, Pidgeons, Yard-Fowls, &c., very expeditiously."
"All Caribbean politicians have a network of supporters and informants, popularly known as ‘yard-fowls’. The VSN [Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale, or Tonton Macoute] were the yard-fowl armed."

yard-fowls (plural)

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