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Definition of Redcaps
1. redcap [n] - See also: redcap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Redcaps
Literary usage of Redcaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Book of poultry by Lewis Wright (1885)
"Of the redcaps," he says, " I can without hesitation speak most ... If after
being broken the samt weight of eggs are used from redcaps and Spanish fowls, ..."
2. Sessional Papers (1902)
"Accidents to the redcaps at Leith are, in my opinion, far more numerous than they
... As a rule these redcaps are boys with no previous railway experience. ..."
3. California Poultry Practice: Being Plain Hints for Beginners in the Rearing by Susan Swaysgood (1914)
"Lancashire and Derbyshire are the two English counties where redcaps are bred to
any great extent. As layers, there is no breed of fowl that can beat them, ..."
4. Northern Mythology: Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and by Benjamin Thorpe (1852)
"But no one sees the fire except the redcaps, though it warms more than an ordinary
fire. In the morning the housewife often finds of a large bundle of ..."
5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1892)
"Dr. JS Niven, of London, Ont., writes on the 30th December last as follows: "I
kept a record of the laying of 10 redcaps, 3 Houdans, 1 Wyandotte and 1 ..."
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