in pride

Phrase

 * 1)  With its tail feathers spread.
 * 2) * 1983, Cynthia Mortimore, in a letter to (and published in) Country Life, volume 173, page 582:
 * Our Turkey Lectern is 20th-century, but the family arms, with the turkey crest, occur in 18th-century glass and in the carvings above 17th- and 18th- century tombs. I find it interesting that these two earlier birds show great resemblance to your 18th century picture of the North American wild turkey. Though depicted "in its pride”, the body has the elongated shape of the present-day pheasant. Can it be that at that time the domestic turkey was still similar to the North American wild turkey?
 * 1) * 1983, Cynthia Mortimore, in a letter to (and published in) Country Life, volume 173, page 582:
 * Our Turkey Lectern is 20th-century, but the family arms, with the turkey crest, occur in 18th-century glass and in the carvings above 17th- and 18th- century tombs. I find it interesting that these two earlier birds show great resemblance to your 18th century picture of the North American wild turkey. Though depicted "in its pride”, the body has the elongated shape of the present-day pheasant. Can it be that at that time the domestic turkey was still similar to the North American wild turkey?
 * 1) * 1983, Cynthia Mortimore, in a letter to (and published in) Country Life, volume 173, page 582:
 * Our Turkey Lectern is 20th-century, but the family arms, with the turkey crest, occur in 18th-century glass and in the carvings above 17th- and 18th- century tombs. I find it interesting that these two earlier birds show great resemblance to your 18th century picture of the North American wild turkey. Though depicted "in its pride”, the body has the elongated shape of the present-day pheasant. Can it be that at that time the domestic turkey was still similar to the North American wild turkey?

Usage notes

 * Also found with pronouns (a peacock in his pride, peacocks in their pride, even a peacock in her pride can be found, see citations above).