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Definition of Fantails
1. fantail [n] - See also: fantail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fantails
Literary usage of Fantails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"fantails are aa good breeders and nurses as any of the varieties. ... The fantails
become exceedingly familiar, and we have had to push them out of the way, ..."
2. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"The dark-coloured varieties are generally larger than white fantails. Although
between the best and common fantails, now existing in England, ..."
3. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"The dark-coloured varieties are generally larger than white fantails. Although
between the best and common fantails, now existing in England, ..."
4. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1896)
"Although between the best and common fantails, now existing in England, there is
a vast difference in the position and size of the tail, in the carriage of ..."
5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1900)
"fantails, white PH— 1st, cock : 1st. hen. fantails, black or blue—1st, hen. ...
fantails, black or blue—2od, cock ; 2nd, hen. ..."
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