Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sedge-warbler.

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Examples

  • The crow and the heron are friends, as also are the sedge-bird and lark, the laedus and the celeus or green woodpecker; the woodpecker lives on the banks of rivers and beside brakes, the laedus lives on rocks and bills, and is greatly attached to its nesting-place.

    The History of Animals 2002

  • The sedge-bird perches aside, on a sloping willow rod, and, slightly raising his head, chatters, turning his bill from side to side.

    Nature Near London Richard Jefferies 1867

  • The sparrow's chirp has such a note sometimes, and the sedge-bird brings it in -- tang, tang, tang.

    Nature Near London Richard Jefferies 1867

  • The country people in some places call it the sedge-bird.

    The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

  • It was not in my power to procure you a black-cap, or a less reed-sparrow, or sedge-bird, alive.

    The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

  • Of the sedge-bird, be pleased to say it sings most part of the night; its notes are hurrying, but not unpleasing, and imitative of several birds; as the sparrow, swallow, skylark.

    The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

  • Ray, the sedge-bird of Mr. Pennant's last publication, p. 16?

    The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

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