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Dido Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
help with these lines
I don't get the meaning of the underlined words in these lines by Calverley:
When no one smoked cigars, nor gave At-homes
Nor smote a billiard-ball, nor winged a pheasant
Thanks
When no one smoked cigars, nor gave At-homes
Nor smote a billiard-ball, nor winged a pheasant
Thanks
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'To wing a pheasant ' means to wound it. I guess you'd do this by hitting it in the wing, since if you shot a little bird in the body, it'd be dead. 'To wing someone' has come to mean 'to wound, usually in an arm or leg'.
- 'To wing a pheasant ' means to wound it.
- I guess you'd do this by hitting it in the wing, since if you shot a little bird in the body, it'd be dead.
- 'To wing someone' has come to mean 'to wound, usually in an arm or leg'.
- Western move dialogue: Did Jim get killed?
- Nope, the varmint just winged him.
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Hi,
Rich people used to, and still occasionally do, invite their friends out for an afternoon of shooting pheasants.'To wing a pheasant ' means to wound it. I guess you'd do this by hitting it in the wing, since if you shot a little bird in the body, it'd be dead. 'To wing someone' has come to mean 'to wound, usually in an arm or leg'. Western move dialogue:
Rich people used to, and still occasionally do, invite their friends out for an afternoon of shooting pheasants.'To wing a pheasant ' means to wound it. I guess you'd do this by hitting it in the wing, since if you shot a little bird in the body, it'd be dead. 'To wing someone' has come to mean 'to wound, usually in an arm or leg'. Western move dialogue:
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Thanks Clive! These expressions appear in a poem written in the 19th century that's why they are old-fashioned.
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