black game
Britishnoun
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Dressed in their black game jersies, they laughed and teased one another like privileged children of royalty.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Both grouse and black game may frequently be brought within range by placing a dead or stuffed bird on a rock or a stone wall.
From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous
For instance, I have never met with any account of regular assemblages of black game in Scotland, yet these assemblages are so well known in Germany and Scandinavia that they have special names.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles
Game, as defined by the Night Poaching Act of 1828 and the Game Act of 1831, is pheasant, partridge, black game, red grouse, bustard and hare.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
We had a moderate number of black game, and the fox-hunters were somewhat astonished to find that we of the gentry set much store by woodcock, which bulked so little in the day's sport.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
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