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Bullfinch

//ˈbʊlˌfɪnt͡ʃ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
  2. 2
    common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
  4. 4
    A large, thick quickset hedge. UK, archaic, slang

    "Young Hurrell turned them on the right; the officer on the polo pony and Mr. Westall, between them, dissected a "bullfinch" on the left, but the ditch and the briars took toll of the former."

  5. 5
    An obstacle for a horse, consisting of a solid fence with brush above it, through which the horse should jump.

Etymology

From bull + finch.

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