Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The black-backed gull, Larus marinus: so called from the coloration.

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Examples

  • And how's the parson-gull with the broken wing, and does he still strut like Parson Kis-sack in his surplice?

    The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

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