Definitions
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- noun A bird, the
yellowhammer .
Etymologies
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gold + hammer
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Examples
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To the right, in an old orchard, a goldhammer sang a faint reluctant song, and he too must have been old.
The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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