yardfowl/ˈjɑːdfaʊl/EtymologyFrom yard + fowl. Sense 2 (“political sycophant”) may allude to the tendency of chickens to gather around a person who is feeding them.yardfowl means A chicken raised in a yard. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.nounA chicken raised in a yard.“It alſo feeds Pheaſants, Partridges, Pidgeons, Yard-Fowls, &c., very expeditiously.”A political sycophant.“Like an expectant dog barking for his supper, he [Barbados Prime Minister Tom Adams] rushes in to please his new master [Ronald] Reagan like all good yardfowls by attacking Grenada.”