Meaning of jucking time | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Early morning or late evening, when partridges crow.
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2. The season of imitating crows to lure partridges out at such a time.
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Examples

“Another method of discovering them is, by going to their haunts very early in the morning, or at the close⟳ of the evening, which is called the jucking-time.”

“[…] some are so ingenious they can do it by the Eye, only distinguishing their colour from the Earth; others by a Call⟳, imitating their Notes at their Juking-time, which is usually in the Morning and in the Evening.”

“There is another way to discover⟳ them, and that is by going to their haunts early in the morning, or the close⟳ of the evening, which is called the juking time, and there listen⟳ for the call⟳ of the cock partridge […]”

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