In the hearths the fires died down and the meat stopped cooking. The kitchen maid stopped plucking the chicken.
This was all done only to cut down on expenses - no more plucking feathers, removal of beaks or feet.
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing.
If clouds are beings, and beings are clouds, are we not all well advised to drift, to feel the wind tucking us in here and plucking us out there?
When putting on a new coat, I'm used to plucking off the collar strip first.
Angry at the cheat, they flew at him, plucking away the borrowed feathers and also some of his own.
Performers on the two instruments share some plucking techniques, including rapidly wheeling the fingers of the right hand over a string to create a sustained tremolo effect.
Unlike plucking, threading removes an entire row of hair at a time so it is quicker, more accurate and less painful, the store says, although the treatment still smarts.
The utility model is suitable for the tea plucking industry and the landscaping industry.
For example, the proverb, "plucking up a crop to help it grow", is based on the following story.
In the Warring States Period, there was a man in the State of Wei called Geng Lei. One day he said to the king, "I can shoot down birds by simply plucking my bowstring."
"This way, Harry," breathed Luna, plucking his sleeve and pulling him toward a spiral staircase.
During the Lunar New Year, lion dance troupes from Chinese martial art schools often perform the traditional custom of CAI qing, literally meaning "plucking the greens".
Look, someone is plucking gingko from those street trees.
The photos show the hungry predator chasing the fleeing pink birds on a lake and plucking one unlucky bird straight from the air as it desperately tries to take flight.
More people are ordering books online or plucking them from the best-seller bin at Wal-Mart.
All the years of plucking, the hidden melancholy dimples, bloom in an instant.
Had you been a girl plucking lotus flowers, I would have been the one missed by your white and bright wrist;
(music) with a light plucking staccato sound.
In Indiana, rescuers in boats are still plucking people from rising waters, as parts of the state brace for more flooding. The storm also brought tornados, this one touched down near Chicago.
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