ovicide

Updated: August 13, 2026

Thanks to his obstructive assistants, he is almost overwhelmed with sympathisers gifted by nature with tremendous appetites. Keen-eyed officers detect the mutton-bones which tell of unauthorised ovicide, and "clutches" of geese and chickens vanish as if by magic. There will be a fearful bill for somebody to pay when the whole business is over, whenever that may be.

Bernard Henry Becker - Disturbed Ireland: Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.