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How to use partridge in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Partridge means any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris. Example: “On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.”

Examples of partridge by meaning

nounAny bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

  • On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.

More sentences with partridge

  • The grouse, partridge and quail are tetraonids.From the entry tetraonid
  • Partridges, enjoying their last weeks of security, rose whirring and clattering from among the ling.1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings. From the entry ling
  • To make matters worse, I kept finding hen partridges and their nests in the woods.1909, Forest and Stream, volume 73. From the entry frownlessly
  • I have visions of roast partridge and rout cakes, but instead we are given a quinoa salad and stone bass.2025 May 10, Jemima Kelly, “My week with Jane Austen”, in FT Weekend (Travel section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Austenesque
  • And when the last partridge was et, the last bit of Badajoz goat, I handed the waiter a Visa card.2023, John McPhee, Tabula Rasa, page 28. From the entry et
  • And a partridge in a pear tree.2004, Leslie Carroll, chapter 1, in Temporary Insanity: […], New York, N.Y.: Avon Trade, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry and a partridge in a pear tree
  • Doughal in front of two lawyers, two witnesses, the Doughals' three grown children, and a partridge in a pear tree.1995, Laurell K[aye] Hamilton, chapter 19, in Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter; 3), New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, published…. From the entry and a partridge in a pear tree
  • Overhead the woodpecker knocked insistently, and in the forest depths the partridge boom-boomed and strutted in virile glory.1902, Jack London, A Daughter of the Snows, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry boom-boom
  • Partridge Fine Art of London has a carved and gilded rococo chimneypiece festooned with Ho-Ho birds, garlands of flowers, fruit and female masks.2007 February 9, Wendy Moonan, “Relics of the 19th Century, in a Sentimental Mood”, in New York Times. From the entry chimneypiece
  • Partridge explained that this figure was the only thing he had really finished - all the rest of the picture was only laid in.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 151. From the entry lay in
  • I made up my mind that I would try to drum in a partridge myself the first chance I got in the fall.1909, Forest and Stream, volume 73. From the entry frownlessly
  • A reebok was tied behind his saddle and Jan Boom was carrying the carcase of a klipspringer, and a few unconsidered trifles in the way of partridges.1905, Bertram Mitford, A Frontier Mystery, page 106. From the entry reebok

Meaning of partridge

  1. noun Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
  2. noun The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
  3. noun A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.

Full definition of partridge

Questions about partridge in a sentence

How do you use partridge in a sentence?
Partridge is used as a noun. For example: “On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.”
What is a short sentence with partridge?
“And a partridge in a pear tree.”
What does partridge mean?
Partridge means any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

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