/ · 1894 Brewer’s · P · Poult, a young turkey. Pullet
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a young chicken. (Latin, pullus, the young of any animal, whence poultry, young domestic fowls; filly, a young horse; foal; French, poule; Italian, pollo, etc.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.