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Pa'tridge means (now dialectal) Alternative form of partridge..
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/ˈpatɹɪd͡ʒ/ · noun
(now dialectal) Alternative form of partridge..
[…]but as one hauing a great deale moꝛe ſkill to retriue the patridge with his ſpaniels, then to hunt after ſuch a ſtraūge pꝛay, he ſought, but was little the better[…]
What is called the Quail in New-England, is denominated Patridge in the ſouthern ſtates, where the true Patridge is not to be found.
For some time now, they'd heard how easy it was to shoot northern “pa'tridge.” (Piles of birds ... dumb as a stone ... shoot 'em from the truck window with a .22.)
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Pa'tridge means (now dialectal) Alternative form of partridge..
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[…]but as one hauing a great deale moꝛe ſkill to retriue the patridge with his ſpaniels, then to hunt after ſuch a ſtraūge pꝛay, he ſought, but was little the better[…]
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