Anna Karenina vocabulary

he knew the place too and expected a whole covey of snipe.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)

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Like when you quail huntin’ and it’s getting dark and you can hear the boss bird whistlin’ tryin’ to get the covey together again,

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"When you have killed all your own birds, Mr. Bingley," said her mother, "I beg you will come here, and shoot as many as you please, on Mr. Bennet's manor. I am sure he will be vastly happy to oblige you, and will save all the best of the covies for you."

Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)

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The landlord was all obsequious, and a relay of about seven negroes, old and young, male and female, little and big, were soon whizzing about, like a covey of partridges, bustling, hurrying, treading on each other's toes, and tumbling over each other,

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin