Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as nettle-bird.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The bird spends the day searching for food in such places -- hence its name nettle-creeper -- creeping along the hedges, under brambles and thorns, and builds its nest in the locality to which it is accustomed.
Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
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Country boys set some value on the eggs of the nettle-creeper or whitethroat because the nest is difficult to find, and the eggs curiously marked.
Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
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Down among the stalks of the umbelliferous plants, where the grasses were knotted together, the nettle-creeper concealed her treasure, having selected a hollow by the bank so that the scythe should pass over.
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In these the nettle-creeper (white-throat) hides her nest, and they have so encroached that the footpath is almost threatened.
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