yardfowl

名词 n.
英 /ˈjɑːdfaʊl/    美 /ˈjɑɹdˌfaʊl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chicken raised in a yard.
    — It alſo feeds Pheaſants, Partridges, Pidgeons, Yard-Fowls, &c., very expeditiously.
  2. A political sycophant. Barbados
    — Like an expectant dog barking for his supper, he [Barbados Prime Minister Tom Adams] rushes in to please his new master [Ronald] Reagan like all good yardfowls by attacking Grenada.

词形变化

yardfowl plural yardfowls plural yard fowl alternative yard-fowl alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
yardfowlism

词源

From yard + fowl. Sense 2 (“political sycophant”) may allude to the tendency of chickens to gather around a person who is feeding them.
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