black game
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
A tenant may now claim compensation for damage to crops by deer, pheasants, partridges, grouse, and black game.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
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
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
On some parts of the manor there was black game, and in the season woodcocks, snipes, and other wild fowl; in fact, all these frequently breed in that part of the country.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry
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