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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A bird that sings by night, as the nightingale; specifically, in Ireland, the sedge-warbler, Acrocephalus phragmitis, sometimes called the Irish nightingale.
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“One evening Giufà saw a poor man singing behind a door, and thinking he was a night-singer, killed him and carried him home.”
“I mention the nightingale only to point my remarks upon its American rival, the famous mockingbird of the Southern States, which is also a nightingale, -- a night-singer, -- and which no doubt excels the Old World bird in the variety and compass of its powers.”
“You are a good night-singer, and may make your fortune as one of the waits. ”
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