[Eight matrons] perched like pigeons around two identical card tables —Leigh Allison Wilson Sank back [into chair] … like a weighted diver into water —Richard Moran The diver comparison is particularly apt within the context of Moran’s novel, Cold Sea Rising, with its many ocean scenes...
genus Columba,Columba- type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Translations --- Select a language: Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, ...
And the horses shook themselves, and the dogs jumped up and barked; the pigeons took their heads from under their wings, and looked about and flew into the fields; the flies on the walls buzzed again; the fire in the kitchen blazed up; round went the jack, and round went the spit, ...
The gentle rustle of the branches and the distant cooing of pigeons were the only sounds which broke in upon the silence, save that once Alleyne heard afar off a merry call upon a hunting bugle and the shrill yapping of the hounds. View in context More results ► Idioms browser ? ▲ ...
...rose in the estimation of the common soldier; and at any time he would cheerfully desert his venison, and ducks, and pigeons, and salmon, to banquet on the sweets of pickled pork, stringy turnips, and half-cookedcabbage... —
x_2Pigeons are smart. They like to live in a birdhouse. Many people like to keep pigeons. They make a room for them near a window. In the day, the pigeons fly out of their houses. But at night they come back. Sometimes people take a pigeon far from home and they put a letter...
Many people like to keep pigeons. They make a room for them near a window. In the day the pigeons fly away. But at night they come back. Sometimes people take a pigeon far away from home, and they tie(系) a letter to one of its legs. Then the pigeon takes the letter back home...
breaded. Oysters, fried in crumbs. Currie of Veal, inborderof rice. Queen Fritters. Kidneys, champagne sauce. Pigeons, en compote. Sweetbreads, larded green peas. Roasts. Beef. Lamb, mint sauce. Loin of Veal, stuffed. Goose. Turkey. Chicken. Ham, champagne sauce. Vegetables. Mashed Potato...
5.one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill. 6. a.any of numerous small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the generaBarbusandPuntius,often kept in aquariums. b.barbel (def. 2). ...
So the animals like owls are called nocturnal ones.Pigeons are big birds. They like to live in a birdhouse. Many people like to keep pigeons. They make a room for them near a window. In the day the pigeons fly away. But at night they come back. Sometimes people take a pigeon far ...