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Definition of Dunghill fowl

Dunghill fowl
Dunghill Dung"hill`, n. 1. A heap of dung. 2. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode. He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. -- 1. Sam. ii. 8. Dunghill fowl, a domestic fowl of common breed.

Meaning of Dunghill fowl from wikipedia

- scientific contexts, chickens as a species are described as common fowl or domestic fowl. Chickens are relatively large birds, active by day. The body is...
- in shape and make, but is much superior in size, being as large as a dunghill fowl. The length from the end of the bill to that of the claws is two feet...
- Both for the Road and Turf; Also, the Management of Dogs, Game****s, Dunghill-fowls, Turkies, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing-birds, &c. And the Manner of...
- and Juliet 2.5.59–61) "There were frowzy fields, and cow-houses, and dunghills, and dustheaps, and ditches, and gardens, and summer-houses, and ****-beating...
- ****yrians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, and Persians whose name means, "a dunghill ****". According to astrological mythology, Nergal represented the planet...
- dire: during February, prices of basic foodstuffs stood at 16 francs for a fowl, 12 francs for a rabbit, 20 sous for an egg, 18 sous for a lettuce, 40 sous...