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pea-chick

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Noun1.pea-chick - a young peafowl
bird of Juno, peafowl - very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird


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John no one thwarted, much less punished; though he twisted the necks of the pigeons, killed the little pea-chicks, set the dogs at the sheep, stripped the hothouse vines of their fruit, and broke the buds off the choicest plants in the conservatory: he called his mother "old girl," too; sometimes reviled her for her dark skin, similar to his own; bluntly disregarded her wishes; not unfrequently tore and spoiled her silk attire; and he was still "her own darling.
 
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