The word 'partridge' is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
It can be used to refer to a type of game bird, specifically a medium-sized bird with a short neck and small head, often hunted for sport or food. It can also be used to describe a person's behavior or characteristics, such as being timid or easily startled. Example: I spotted a covey of partridges in the woods while on my morning walk. Example: Her shy demeanor and skittish movements reminded me of a partridge.
Serves 20. 10 x bottle of Hall & Woodhouse pickled partridge beer or any good dark ale 5 egg yolks 5 tsp white sugar 2 tsp nutmeg 1 cinnamon stick 1 dry red chillies 10 cloves 1 tsp freshly ground nutmeg 1 tsp ground ginger Heat the beer and the spices in a large saucepan until the ground spices dissolve.
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Naturalists think that may explain why corn bunting numbers are down by 41% since 1994, grey partridge by 18% and yellowhammer by 13%.
Hainan, despite heavy logging, boasts two species unique to the island: a partridge, and a leaf warbler discovered only in 1992.Spotting birds in thick forest is a tantalising business and, for a reporter with dull senses, it tips towards the frustrating.
He placed members of Franco's entourage on his board and joined partridge shoots with the dictator.
He was too busy with cricket, partridge shooting and setting up Pakistan's only specialist cancer hospital.
Best comedy "I'm Alan Partridge still makes me happy".
Also nominated are Armando Iannucci's The Thick of It, which came to an end on BBC2 last year, and another show in which he was closely involved, the return of Alan Partridge, played by Steve Coogan, in Sky Atlantic's Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life.
Liquid football, as Alan Partridge might say.
Even a year ago, "The Inbetweeners Movie" sent its hormone-addled central foursome on holiday to a Greek island.In some respects "Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa" follows in this tradition as its plot is far more hair-raising than the character's usual parochial indignities.
For the benefit of the uninitiated, Alan Partridge is Steve Coogan's most famous creation, a gloriously shallow, ignorant and over-confident yet insecure broadcaster whom Mr Coogan introduced on radio ("On The Hour") in 1991.
