dunnock

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In 1853, another Victorian gentleman, Reverend Frederick Morris, urged his parishioners to emulate the fidelity of a small hedge sparrow called the dunnock.

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  1. The hedge-sparrow, Accentor modularis. Also dick-dunnock. Macgillivray. Hareton has been cast out like an unfledged dunnock. E. Bronté, Wuthering Heights, iv.

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  • On the bird-feeders outside our kitchen window it's the same story: goldfinches, greenfinches and sparrows queue up to eat as many sunflower hearts as they can, while beneath the feeders robins, blackbirds and a solitary dunnock pick up anything they drop. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • In 1853, another Victorian gentleman, Reverend Frederick Morris, urged his parishioners to emulate the fidelity of a small hedge sparrow called the dunnock. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • So much for the reverend's exhortations to emulate the ways of the dunnock. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • The female dunnock is the epitome of the player, which is why it's common to see two males and a female together. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Only got one bird caught, a little dunnock who I quickly released unharmed. —  The Cottage Smallholder
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  1. English dial. (Northampton) also doney; from Middle English donek, from donnen, dunnen, dun, + diminutive -ek, -ock. Cf. donkey.
 

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