Choughs

"Why that 'Choughs' business -- I'll be hanged if it won't kill you, or make a devil of you before long, if you go on with it."

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

'Choughs' and have a glass of ale while supper is getting ready.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

He turned round sharply, and there on the floor of the room, courtseying to the ladies, stood the ex-barmaid of the "Choughs".

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

Choughs are rare at Beachy Head, but jackdaws and gulls are in great and noisy profusion; and this reminds me that it was on Beachy Head in

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

The Choughs Inn at the west end of the town, not far from the church, is another fine example of late medieval architecture.

Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes

Choughs, monal pheasants, and snow-pigeons are the characteristic birds of this region.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

But Chough wisely confines his remarks to asking questions about the bishops, and agrees with us that Doctor Bim's address on the church extension cause was sound as the Fathers, and finally gives us his own extraction, which we trace to the respectable Choughs of Caroline

Tales of the Chesapeake George Alfred Townsend 1877

And so, after paying in a splendid manner for their entertainment, they found themselves in the street, and set off for college, agreeing on the way that "The Choughs" was a great find, the old lady was the best old soul in the world, and Patty the prettiest girl in

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

The next evening, as usual, Tom found himself at "The Choughs" with half a dozen others.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

The old lady of "The Choughs" liked nothing so much as her game of cribbage in the evenings, and the board lay ready on the little table by her elbow in the cozy bar, a sure stepping-stone to her good graces.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859