Which preposition to use with covey

of Occurrences 52%

Six great steamers full came up from the Lower River, and still the small craft kept on flocking like coveys of sea-fowl through the Upper Lakes, each party saying, "The crowd is behind.

between Occurrences 1%

we set each other like two pointers backing in a stubble, with a covey between them, while the femme Dixon kept fussing with an introduction'Sir Hicks, Sir James,Sir James, Sir Hicks!'

for Occurrences 1%

"I'll handle this covey for Mr. Swygert," said Larsen to the judges, his voice smooth and plausible, on his face a smile.

before Occurrences 1%

The master, who would have lost his slave's wages for a year if he had broken the contract with Covey before the year's end, sent Douglass back to his taskmaster.

Like Occurrences 1%

In an endless long procession, Formless, countless of their kind Circle us in flying coveys Like the leaves in Autumn wind.

to Occurrences 1%

[Footnote 60: Letter of Charles Covey to Howell Cobb, Nov. 30, 1853.

in Occurrences 1%

They are amazingly prolific; I have often found twelve or fourteen coveys in the course of a few hours shooting; this will appear extraordinary, when you are informed there are no game laws in America, and that all ranks of citizens, or even a negro, may destroy them in any manner he pleases.

Which preposition to use with  covey