Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sedge-warbler.
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Examples
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In my letter of April 18th, I had told you peremptorily that I knew your willow-lark, but had not seen it then; but when I came to procure it, it proved in all respects a very
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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I suspected might have proved your willow-lark, but, on a nicer examination, it answered much better to the description of that species which you shot at Revesby, in Lincolnshire.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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But at the same time I am obliged to confess that I know nothing of your willow-lark.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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