crow-keeper

I. iv.6 (27,2) like a crow-keeper] The word _crow-keeper_ is explained in

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

Go drive the goats in, thick-chops, and stay that clapper of thine till they ask for a crow-keeper.

Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett

That fellow handles his bow like a crow-keeper: draw me a clothier’s yard.

Act IV. Scene VI. King Lear 1914

That fellow handles his bow like a crow-keeper; draw me a clothier’s yard.

Act IV. Scene VI 1909

That fellow handles his bow like a crow-keeper: draw me a clothier's yard.

The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835

That fellow handles his bow like a crow-keeper: draw me a clothier's yard.

King Lear 1605

That fellow handles his bow like a crow-keeper: draw me a clothier’s yard.

King Lear 2004

_crow-keeper_ was so common in the author's time, that it is one of the few peculiarities mentioned by Ortelius in his account of our island.

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

Johnston, who is this who holds his bow like a crow-keeper? "

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

Johnston, who is this who holds his bow like a crow-keeper? "

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902