Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chimney-swallow - noun See
swift , n., and Chœtura.
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Examples
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Professional entomologists (the chimney-swift, perhaps, included) may smile at my simplicity, but I was surprised to find this
Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877
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Volunteers are building chimney-swift towers to encourage the declining numbers of swifts to breed on the Spit.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Stephen Marche 2010
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a chimney-swift who was out late from home flown by just then.
The Story-teller Maud Lindsay
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Robbers! "he called in such a terrible voice that the chimney-swift shook in her nest, and the big fish in the Silver Sea jumped out of the water.
The Story-teller Maud Lindsay
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