black game

British  

noun

1. another name for black grouse

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black game

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

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

You see, sir, as I said to Peter here, black game don’t seem in our way—didn’t I, Peter?”

From Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites by Wood, Stanley L.

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

They were very numerous in certain localities, having much the same habits as the black game of North Britain, therefore we knew at once where to seek them.

From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir