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Word: quailed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year ago, about three miles from Grand Junction, Tenn., a white and liver pointer bitch stopped short crossing a field and stood with her head turned into the wind, toward a patch of scrub oak 20 yards away. A moment later, a bevy of quail slanted into the air and someone blew a whittle. A shot gun went off, loud in the quiet fields, and there was a sudden babble of men's voices. "Did you see her on that last find? . . . As great a bitch as ever won the National...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Old Hancock Place | 3/3/1930 | See Source »

...first scent of game, one or the other of the pair makes his point and if birds are flushed, the judges score a point for him. The dog's opponent comes to an "honor point" and the competition goes on, both dogs striving for the whiff of quail, until the judges are satisfied which of the two is the better worker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Old Hancock Place | 3/3/1930 | See Source »

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