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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The time when pigeons feed on bents before peas are ripe: as, “rare benting-times,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.
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- noun archaic The
season whenpigeons are said tofeed onbents , beforepeas areripe .
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