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Meanings of little partridge in English

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Usage of little partridge in English
1
So even Nanahboozhoo had to confirm the name of the little partridge.
Algonquin Indian Tales
2
Now, little partridge, let's go make the parlour look like Christmas.
Lewis Rand
3
Does ze little partridge rooster keep his claws warm in those in ze winter?
The Flaming Forest
4
I'd like to stand up with you, little partridge.
Lewis Rand
5
She was not the rain-beaten little partridge that had passed in tragic bedragglement through his mind.
The Flaming Forest
6
For a wilder little partridge never yet flew.
The Young Duke
7
What is the matter, little partridge?
Lewis Rand
8
Two little partridges quietly strutted across the road and seemed quite unperturbed!
Fanny Goes to War
9
Seven little partridges now obeyed the mother's call.
Wild Animals I Have Known
10
'Lie still, and we will soften them,' answered the kind little partridge.
The Orange Fairy Book
11
"Look here, little partridge, at what I've got in my pouch!"
Lewis Rand
12
The children stood around like little partridges, looking at her in silence, till at last the little one began to wail.
The Arena, Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891
13
The particular pride of Winnie's heart was a clutch of little Partridge Wyandottes, mothered by a comfortable old Plymouth Rock hen.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
14
After some time some little partridges who were hopping about heard the poor panther's groans, and went up to see what was the matter.
The Orange Fairy Book
15
'We have,' he says, 'hunted two hares and a few poor little partridges; truly a worthy occupation for idle people!'
Life of Luther
16
"Why, you little partridge!"
Lewis Rand
This collocation consists of:
Little partridge across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common