English Dictionary

yardfowl

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈjɑːdfaʊl/

名詞

バルバドス英語

A chicken raised in a yard. / (Barbados, politics) A political sycophant.

日本語の意味

庭で飼育された鶏 / （バルバドスでの用例）政治的へつらい者

Every morning, the yardfowl clucked loudly by the fence, begging for scraps.

毎朝、庭で飼われている鶏がフェンスのそばで大きく鳴き、食べ物の残りをねだる。

意味（1）

A chicken raised in a yard.

It alſo feeds Pheaſants, Partridges, Pidgeons, Yard-Fowls, &c., very expeditiously.

意味（2）

(Barbados, politics) A political sycophant.

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.

yardfowl （ plural ）

yardfowls （ plural ）