Pullets

Having regard to the second item in the heading a correspondent suggests that "Pullets" is a misprint for "Pushits."

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 Various

Pullets are female chickens and they cost more. $5 for the two.

Bake for 23-27 minutes. FUZZARELLY 2009

'Darst thou then (quoth Duke of Medyna, with a browe half angry) fight with one of these Spanish Pullets?

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

Mutton, a loin of Veal, a dish of fowl, being three Pullets and 24 Larks all in a great dish, a Tart, a neat's tongue, a dish of anchovies, a dish of Prawns and cheese.

The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty

_Sauce for Hens or Pullets to prepare them to roast.

The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May

"Pullets with a southern exposure," he drawled, "have yellow legs and ripen quickest."

The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion 1928

She loved drawing, Pictures, and I drawing Pullets.

Love And Freindship Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1922

It was not agreeable to think of any connection by marriage with such people as the Gleggs and the Pullets; but it was of no use to contradict Stephen when once he had set his mind on anything, and certainly there was no possible objection to Lucy in herself, —no one could help liking her.

VI. Illustrating the Laws of Attraction. Book VI—The Great Temptation 1917

Pullets and bacon I was looking for, and to fall on an easy life.

New Irish Comedies Lady Gregory 1892

"The bodies are like speckled Pullets ', but the heads are like Pigeons' and the legs are very thin," said Rap.

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870