tom-tit

February 23, 2008 at 1:03 pm onna tree bai a river, a liddl tom-tit sang, ‘willow, tit-willow, tit-willow!’

Bird watchin - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

Pindar, you absurd little tom-tit, and fancy you have the strength and pinion which the Theban eagle bear, sailing with supreme dominion through the azure fields of air?

The History of Pendennis 2006

The grave Patavinian is still designated by the tom-tit appellation of

Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 John Hughes

He spread himself, happy and conspicuous as a tom-tit on a round of beef, and the crowd, pleasantly anticipating mugs of beer later on, urged the Mayor to be up and doing.

The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

It is impossible to mistake this sprightly little bird, which is like the English tom-tit in shape.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

A sterling old chap, mind you, so far as mere character is concerned; the right man in the right place; but as gullible and as soft-hearted as a tom-tit.

The Return Walter De la Mare 1914

It is as though a huge locomotive engine were brought out to draw a child's perambulator, or as though an Armstrong gun were loaded and levelled to exterminate a tom-tit.

The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

The queen of the birds asked them one and all, from tom-tit to the wild swan, if they could tell where the key of wish-house was to be found; but not a single one of them knew.

The Wonder Clock 1887

It was the lion and the mouse over again -- the eagle and the tom-tit -- the bear and the rabbit.

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

"I say," said Philip, "look at that tom-tit; it has a nest somewhere close by, I know."

Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home George Manville Fenn 1870