Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
highhole .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Local, U. S. The flicker; -- called also
high-hole .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, dialect A kind of small
woodpecker ; theflicker .
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Examples
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A red-shafted flicker flew across the vale and called, "Zwick-ah! zwick-ah!" and then pealed out his loud call just like the eastern yellow-shafted high-holder.
Birds of the Rockies 1896
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He is about the size of our common flicker, or high-holder, which bird, with robins, pigeons, and others of similar size, is his favorite game.
Nature's Serial Story Edward Payson Roe 1863
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Listen, and you will hear at this moment the song of bluebird, robin, both song and fox sparrow, phoebe, blue jay, high-holder, and crow -- that is, if you can call the notes of the last two birds a song. "
Nature's Serial Story Edward Payson Roe 1863
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