Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Scot. A daw.
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- noun Scotland, dialect A
jackdaw .
Etymologies
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Possibly imitative.
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Examples
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I told her specifically to listen to the way they said "kyaw,"
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We were at a party one night at the home of one of my cousins, and I mentioned that I hadn't heard anyone say "kyaw" or "gyawden."
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Collins, 1974. as kyaw, and the raven's as prruk (suggesting the name of the physically related rook).
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We used to sehh ` kyaw, 'but I dawn't suppaws we do enni maw! "
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