covey
noun
a brood or small flock of partridges or similar birds.
coveys
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pluralof covey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The book resonates with a rustic knowingness that coveys the intricacies and suspicions of tightly bound lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
In a 1916 interview with the Washington Evening Star, Bailey described the coveys of quail that roamed the fringes of Washington, “fed by the police patrolling the outskirts of the city.”
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
A Park Service employee, for example, does not have the right to tweet or blog things related to their official duties in a manner that coveys official status.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2017
French has no word that combines the sense of “broken” and “mad” that cracked coveys in English, so De Freyman makes it “cinglé”, which comes back from Schwartz as “crazy”.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2016
For a week our host had noted where the coveys were gathering.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
