PHEASANT
NOUNS
1475 — EYE a brood or flock of pheasants → obs.
1796 — SWISH-TAIL a pheasant → obs.
..19C — EPHESIAN a pheasant → Sc.
1841 — TAIL a pheasant → poachers’ usage
1864 — POLE the tail of a pheasant
1900 — FAULTER an unpaired pheasant or partridge → obs. (Bk.)
1904 — RICK the noise made by a pheasant when roosting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1940 — CHINK in hunting: a ring-necked pheasant → Amer. sl., usually offensive
1957 — CHINAMAN in hunting: a ring-necked pheasant → Amer. sl., usually offensive
1966 — CHINKER the common pheasant → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1904 — RICK to utter the noise made by a pheasant when roosting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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