Throstlecock

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The male throstle.

    "The wind so whirled a weathercock He could not hold his tail up; The frost so nipped a throstlecock, He could not snap a snail up."

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"The wind so whirled a weathercock He could not hold his tail up; The frost so nipped a throstlecock, He could not snap a snail up."

Etymology

From throstle + cock.

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