Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The male bobolink in full plumage: from the resemblance of the black and white coloration to that of the skunk. See
bobolink .
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Examples
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I like to see folks well paid that's got the patience to set in doors 'n' cram information inter young ones that don't care no more 'bout learn in '' n 'a skunk-blackbird.
Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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He no more sung tenor than a skunk-blackbird; but he made b'lieve he did, jest to git next to Miry in the singers 'seats.
Oldtown Fireside Stories Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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