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galeny

English

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Etymology

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From Latin gallīna (“hen”).

Noun

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galeny (plural galenies)

  1. (UK, archaic, West Country) A guinea fowl.
    • 1829, Caroline Bowles Southey, Chapters on Churchyards, page 114:
      From the dairy we passed into the poultry-yard; and there I was introduced to a train of milk-white turkeys, and fowls of the same colour, a few bantams, and three galenies, Mrs. Helen's especial favourites, […]

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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