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black game

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noun

  1. another name for black grouse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The twilight had now drawn on, and at last we stood opposite to the covert in which it was said that there were black game or partridges.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

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

"Bears, wolves, deer, besides, of course, black game, capercailzie, ptarmigan—every thing one could desire."

From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton

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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